Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award
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Edition 22 (2018) Winner
László Lövétei Lázár
ローヴェテイ ラーザール ラースロー
Lovetei Lazar Laszlo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1972-02-02 （Lövéte, Romanian Socialist Republic）
- Nationality
- Hungarian
- Languages
- Hungarian, Romanian
- Residence History
- Csíkszentdomokos (Sândominic), Harghita County, Romania
Career
- Occupations
- poet, translator, editor
- Active Years
- 1997-
- Affiliations
- Székelyföld (editor; later editor-in-chief)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technical university, Kolozsvár (student) | — | — | — | 1990–1992 | Romania |
| Babeș–Bolyai University | — | Hungarian–Romanian studies | — | 1993–1998 | Romania |
Technical university, Kolozsvár (student)
Period:
1990–1992
Year of Graduation:
1992
Country:
Romania
Details about completion are limited
Babeș–Bolyai University
Hungarian–Romanian studies
Period:
1993–1998
Year of Graduation:
1998
Country:
Romania
Began to work intensively as editor and writer after 1998
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Debut Prize of the Union of Romanian Writers | — | — | Union of Romanian Writers | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Móricz Zsigmond Scholarship | — | — | Móricz Zsigmond foundation | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Faludy György Prize | — | — | Faludy György Prize committee | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Déry Prize | — | — | Déry Prize committee | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Radnóti Prize | — | — | Radnóti Prize committee | 受賞 |
| 2009 | József Attila Prize | — | — | Literary organizations (announcing) | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Hungarian Academy of Arts — Best Book of the Year | — | — | Hungarian Academy of Arts | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Balassi Bálint Memorial Sword | — | — | Balassi-related organization | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Salvatore Quasimodo Memorial Prize | — | — | Italian cultural organization | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Kemény Zsigmond Prize (Cluj) | — | — | Helikon / local committee | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Baumgarten Prize | — | — | Baumgarten Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Magyarország Babérkoszorúja Prize | — | — | Awarding organization unknown | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Union of Romanian Writers — Hungarian Literary Prize | — | — | Union of Romanian Writers | 受賞 |
Debut Prize of the Union of Romanian Writers
1997
Organization:
Union of Romanian Writers
Result:
受賞
Móricz Zsigmond Scholarship
2000
Organization:
Móricz Zsigmond foundation
Result:
受賞
Faludy György Prize
2001
Organization:
Faludy György Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Déry Prize
2005
Organization:
Déry Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Radnóti Prize
2008
Organization:
Radnóti Prize committee
Result:
受賞
József Attila Prize
2009
Organization:
Literary organizations (announcing)
Result:
受賞
Hungarian Academy of Arts — Best Book of the Year
2017
Organization:
Hungarian Academy of Arts
Result:
受賞
Balassi Bálint Memorial Sword
2018
Organization:
Balassi-related organization
Result:
受賞
Salvatore Quasimodo Memorial Prize
2020
Organization:
Italian cultural organization
Result:
受賞
Kemény Zsigmond Prize (Cluj)
2021
Organization:
Helikon / local committee
Result:
受賞
Baumgarten Prize
2022
Organization:
Baumgarten Foundation
Result:
受賞
Magyarország Babérkoszorúja Prize
2023
Organization:
Awarding organization unknown
Result:
受賞
Union of Romanian Writers — Hungarian Literary Prize
2024
Organization:
Union of Romanian Writers
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Joy of Naming
1997 poetryEarly collection of poems exploring self, tradition, and the significance of names.
identitytraditionmemory
Keeping Distance
2000 poetryA collection reflecting on distance and social separation.
alienationsociety
Between Two Chairs
2005 poetryPoems about liminality and the in-between of ethnicity and language.
borderethnicitylanguage
Black Work
2021 poetry with documentary elementsA collection of 'report-poems' addressing labor migration and economic movement from Transylvania.
labor migrationsocial documentarymigration
Zacchaeus' Fig Tree
2023 poetryRecent poems mixing religious and allegorical motifs.
religionallegoryatonement
Bibliography
- The Joy of Naming (1997)
- Keeping Distance (2000)
- Between Two Chairs (2005)
- Gold Poems. Marginal Notes to János Arany (2009)
- Arcadian. Selected and New Poems (2009)
- Twelve Poems, Twelve Graphics (2011)
- Green. 12 Eclogues (2011)
- Lazar Garden (2012)
- Occasional (2016)
- What Kind of Wrath (2019)
- Black Work (2021)
- Zacchaeus' Fig Tree (2023)
- Telling the Easiest Truth. Sóvárad Conversation with László Király (2023)
- New Occasional (2024)
Translations by Author
- Mircea Cărtărescu: Lulu (translation, 2004)
- Filip Florian–Matei Florian: Kölyök utca (translation, 2014)
- Alexandru Vakulovski: Hányinger utca (translation, 2015)
- Doina Ioanid: It's Time to Wear an Earring and Other Poems (translation, 2019)
- Gheorghe Crăciun et al.: Romanian Triptych (translation, 2021)
- Alexandru Vakulovski: Whose House Is This? (translation, 2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical yet documentary poetic voicerealist portrayals rooted in social themes
- Recurring Motifs
- names and originsin-betweenness and borderslabor migrationreligious allegory
Legacy
One of the notable contemporary poets writing in Hungarian from Transylvania. His work explores ethnicity, migration and labor; as a translator and editor he has promoted regional literature.
Trivia
- Born on 2 February 1972.
- Active as poet, translator and editor.
- Received the József Attila Prize in 2009.
- Longtime editor of Székelyföld, became editor-in-chief in 2010.
- The collection Feketemunka drew attention as a set of 'report-poems' on labor migration.