Péter Farkas (writer)

Farkas Péter

Péter Farkas (born 15 November 1955, in Budapest) is a Hungarian-German writer living in Cologne, Germany.[1][2]

Starting in the late seventies he was active in Hungary’s democratic opposition as editor of the samizdat Túlpartról (‘From the Far Side’, 1979). In Cologne he founded the Humane Gesellschaft für geistige Nekrophilie and Verlag IL, where he was an organizer of visual arts events and publisher of the arts series Edition Nekrophil (Hermann Nitsch, Jürgen Klauke, Endre Tot, Curtis Anderson etc.).

His main work Gólem,[3] an essayistic hypertext novel is considered the first significant Hungarian hyperfiction.[4][5][6] Péter Farkas became known to a wider audience with his novel Acht Minuten,[7] which was published in multiple languages[8][9]

Farkas is a recurring publisher in the Hungarian Lettre Internationale.[10][11][12] In 1997 he was awarded the Sándor Bródy Prize for Hungary’s best first novel of the year. In 2010, Farkas received the Sándor Márai Prize[13] awarded by the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture, for his innovatively poetic style of prose.

Works (selection)

Gólem,[3] Hypertext 1996–2005
Nyolc Perc,[7] Magvető, Budapest 2007
Kreatúra,[14] Magvető, Budapest 2009
Johanna,[15] Magvető, Budapest 2011
Nehéz esök (Hard Rain), Magvető, Budapest 2013

References

  1. ^ Péter Farkas biography - Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin
  2. ^ Péter Farkas author's page - Publishing Hungary
  3. ^ a b Gólem - Electronic Literature Directory
  4. ^ Zoltán Szüts: A világháló metaforái: Bevezetés az új média müvészetébe, pp. 98–100, 2013
  5. ^ Visy Beatrix: Szavakkal körbe, pp. 292–302, Magyar Irodalomtörténeti Társaság (Hungarian Society of Literature History), 2015
  6. ^ Beke Ottó: Látható(vá vált) nyelv (Bartholomew, Gólem és Shrike) in: Tudástérkép, pp. 46–60, Vajdasági Magyar Akadémiai Tanács (Hungarian Academic Council Vojvodina), 2014
  7. ^ a b Judit Ambrus: To die in a caul
  8. ^ Cf. Stilles Verlöschen, NZZ review, p.46, 26 January 2012, Demenz als Sabotage, FAZ review, p.30, 9 February 2012, Ich weiss nicht, was Demenz ist, Berliner Zeitung review, p.24, 7 August 2013
  9. ^ Osm minut, iLiteratura.cz, 12 May 2008
  10. ^ Péter Farkas: Partitúra, in: Magyar Lettre Internationale 2005. spring #56
  11. ^ Péter Farkas: Szaros szabadság, in: Magyar Lettre Internationale 2013-2014. winter #91
  12. ^ Péter Farkas: 504, in: Magyar Lettre Internationale 2015. summer #97
  13. ^ Litera.hu
  14. ^ Péter Farkas author's page - Publishing Hungary
  15. ^ Ferenc Darvasi: Stranded between life and death