György Faludy
György Faludy |
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| Born | György Bernát József Leimdörfer September 22, 1910 Budapest |
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Died | September 1, 2006(2006-09-01) (aged 95) Budapest |
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Resting place | Kerepesi Cemetery |
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Language | Hungarian |
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Nationality | Hungarian |
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Citizenship | Hungarian, Canadian |
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Education | Fasori Gimnázium University of Vienna (1928–1930) Humboldt University of Berlin (1930–31) |
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Notable works | My Happy Days in Hell Translations of Villon's ballads |
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Notable awards | Kossuth Award |
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Years active | 1937–2006 |
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Spouse | Zsuzsanna Szegő (1953–1963) Katalin Fatime "Fanni" Kovács (2002–2006) |
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Partner | Eric Johnson (1966–2002) |
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Children | Andrew Faludy |
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György Faludy (September 22, 1910 – September 1, 2006), sometimes anglicized as George Faludy, was a Hungarian-born poet, writer and translator.
Faludy died on September 1, 2006 in Budapest at the age of 95.[1] He was openly bisexual.[2]
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Other websites
- György Faludy (1910 -), short biography and two poems from European Cultural Review
- György FALUDI (1910-2006) Archived 2017-01-13 at the Wayback Machine, timeline of life and works at HunLit.hu
- Rory Winston, "At Home with homelessness", October 2, 2006, The New York Resident, 2 October 2006
- Albert Tezla, "Faludy György", Hungarian Authors: A bibliographical Handbook, Belknap Press: Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970. SBN 674 42650 9
- George Jonas, "The poet and the ballet dancer", The National Post, 8 March 2004
- "Interview with the poet Gyorgy Faludy: Literature will not survive the 21st century", hvg.hu, 6 June 2006
- Sandor Peto, Hungarian poet Gyorgy Faludy dies aged 96, Reuters, 2 September 2006
- "Hungarian poet and translator Gyorgy Faludy dies at 95," International Herald Tribune, September 2, 2006.
- City of Toronto names public space in honour of Hungarian-Canadian poet George Faludy, October 3, 2006
- George Faludy Memorial Park Archived 2006-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Jewish.hu: Famous Hungarian Jews: György Faludy
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