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Dezső Tandori

タンドリ・デズー

Tandori Dezső

Pen Names: Nat RoidPseudonym for detective fiction

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1938-12-08
Died
2019-02-13 (Budapest) age 80
Nationality
Hungarian
Languages
Hungarian, German
Residence History
Budapest

Career

Occupations
writer, poet, literary translator, high school teacher
Active Years
1968-2019
Affiliations
Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts, Digital Literature Academy (founding member)
Influenced By
Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Miklós Mészöly, Géta Ottlik, Iván Mándy

Education

Eötvös Loránd University
German language studies
Degree: 学位
Year of Graduation: 1957
Country: Hungary

Awards

Attila József Prize
1978
Result: 受賞
Kossuth Prize
1998
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Fragment to Hamlet

1968 poetry

Landmark in Hungarian literature

Hamlet

Cleansing of a Found Object

1973 poetry

Landmark in Hungarian literature

Burnt-out Cells

2008 essays

Personal essays on translating Virginia Woolf

translationWoolf

Translations by Author

  • Seven novels by Virginia Woolf

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Unique style reflecting reclusive lifestyleWestern horseracing influences
Recurring Motifs
horseracingreclusiveness

Legacy

Known for landmark works in Hungarian literature and membership in Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.

Trivia

  • His reclusive lifestyle in the 1970s and 1980s became legendary.