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Sándor Kányádi

カニャーディ・シャンドル

Kányádi Sándor

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1929-05-10 (Porumbenii Mari (Nagygalambfalva))
Died
2018-06-20 (Budapest) age 89
Nationality
Hungarian
Languages
Hungarian
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Transylvania region, Romania → Odorheiu-Secuiesc → Cluj → Budapest, Hungary

Career

Occupations
poet, translator, children's literature author
Active Years
1955-2018
Affiliations
Romanian Writers' Union (resigned)

Education

Tamási Áron Gimnázium
General education
Period: 幼少期から高校
Country: Romania
Alma mater
Bolyai University
Hungarian language and literature
Degree: 教師資格、ハンガリー語文学学位
Period: 1950年代
Country: Romania
Later merged into Babeș-Bolyai University

Awards

Kossuth Prize
1993
Organization: Hungarian state
Result: 受賞
Herder Prize
1995
Result: 受賞
Poetry Prize of the Romanian Writers' Union
Organization: Romanian Writers' Union
Result: 受賞
Central European Time Millennium Prize
2000
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

In Contemporary Tense

Poetry

Notable poetry collection

Transylvanian Hungarian minority
Translations
  • English, Finnish, Estonian, Swedish, German, French, Romanian, Portuguese

Translations by Author

  • Saxon and Yiddish folk poetry, contemporary Romanian poetry, major German and French poets

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Contemporary Hungarian poetry
Recurring Motifs
Transylvanian landscapesTransylvanian Hungarian minority oppression

Legacy

One of the most famous contemporary Hungarian poets from Transylvania, major contributor to Hungarian children's literature.

Trivia

  • Resigned from Romanian Writers' Union in protest when passport denied by communist government