François Bréda
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François Bréda essayist, poet
, literary critic, literary historian, translator
, theatrologist.
. Her mother is educationalist Enikő Zsuzsanna Lévai. His father, reformed minister Ferenc Bréda (1924–2000) was dean of Hunedoara-Alba County between 19691988. He graduated elementary school in Odorheiu Secuiesc and Deva. The multicultural atmosphere of his native town follows him during his childhood and primary school years. His first writings appeared in Ifjúmunkás, a youth periodical published in Bucharest
. He spent his military service in Dobrogea near the Black Sea
(19741975). From 1975 he studied at the Hungarian-French faculty of the Cluj-Napoca University. He also attended Greek and Latin optional courses at the classical philology faculty in Cluj. He was one of the regular dwellers of the Library of Academy during his student years. It was this period he intensely studied the important authors of scholastic and medieval philosophy (Anselm of Canterbury
, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Albertus Magnus
, William of Ockham
, Pierre Abelard, Duns Scotus
). During summer holidays he worked as construction day-labourer, mason stringy at church reconstructions (Haró, Marosillye, Hunedoara County) and ringer. Between 19771979 he worked as editor of the Hungarian pages of Echinox cultural university periodical in Cluj, together with András Mihály Beke and Zoltán Bretter. He graduated at the philology faculty of Babeş-Bolyai University
in Cluj, receiving qualification in Hungarian-French language and literature. Between 19791984 he worked as first editor of the Hungarian pages of Napoca Universitară cultural periodical. Between 19791984 he also worked as teacher of Hungarian literature and grammar at the Huedin
Primary School. Between 19841991 he worked as professor of French language and literature in secondary schools, lyceums and high schools in France
, first at Anjou
and Vandée (Angers
, Cholet
), then in settlements near Paris
(Faremoutiers
, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
, Coulommiers
, Pontault-Combault
). In 1985 he received the degree of Magister at the Nantes University, in the field of French and comparative history of literature. Between 19851991 he was doctorandus of French history of literature at the Angers University, being disciple of literary historian George Cesbron. In the circle of Présence de Gabriel Marcel literary-philosophical fellowship he made acquaintance with Paul Ricoeur
, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, Archbishop of Paris, writer Claude Aveline
, Georges Lubin, publisher of George Sand
's correspondences, as well as philosopher André Comte-Sponville
and other important personalities of French culture. He corresponded with sociologist Pierre Bourdieu
and Samuel Beckett
. Between 1984-1986 he lived in Angers and Cholet, then in Paris between 19861991. Between 19911992 he worked as editor at Jelenlét cultural periodical in Cluj. In 1991 he was founding member of György Bretter Literary Circle, a society with great literary traditions that had ceased to exist in 1983 and being revived after the 1989 revolution in Romania. Between 19921993 he worked as editor at the Cluj branch of Bucharest based Kriterion Publishing House. From 1993 he is founding board member of György Bretter Literary Circle. Between 19911994 he taught French language and literature at Brassai Sámuel Lyceum in Cluj. In 1999 he received doctorate in theory of literature with his paper on the literary and drama critical work of French existentialist philosopher Gabriel Marcel
, at the Philology Faculty of Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj. From 1995 he works as assistant professor at the Theatre and Television Faculty of Babeş-Bolyai University, teaching universal theatre history of Antiquity, basic notions of dramaturgy, theatre aesthetics, Hungarian literature and rhetorics. He discovered the literary oeuvre of Alfréd Reinhold (Alfred Reynolds
) (1907, Budapest
1993, London
). He translates from French and Romanian languages.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, literary critic, literary historian, translator
Translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. Whereas interpreting undoubtedly antedates writing, translation began only after the appearance of written literature; there exist partial translations of the Sumerian Epic of...
, theatrologist.
Biography
On his mother's side he is grandson of writer, settlement historian, professor Lajos Lévai (1894, Kolozsvár 1974) from Odorheiu SecuiescOdorheiu Secuiesc
Odorheiu Secuiesc is the second-largest city in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. In its short form, it is also known as Odorhei in Romanian and Udvarhely in Hungarian...
. Her mother is educationalist Enikő Zsuzsanna Lévai. His father, reformed minister Ferenc Bréda (1924–2000) was dean of Hunedoara-Alba County between 19691988. He graduated elementary school in Odorheiu Secuiesc and Deva. The multicultural atmosphere of his native town follows him during his childhood and primary school years. His first writings appeared in Ifjúmunkás, a youth periodical published in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
. He spent his military service in Dobrogea near the Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
(19741975). From 1975 he studied at the Hungarian-French faculty of the Cluj-Napoca University. He also attended Greek and Latin optional courses at the classical philology faculty in Cluj. He was one of the regular dwellers of the Library of Academy during his student years. It was this period he intensely studied the important authors of scholastic and medieval philosophy (Anselm of Canterbury
Anselm of Canterbury
Anselm of Canterbury , also called of Aosta for his birthplace, and of Bec for his home monastery, was a Benedictine monk, a philosopher, and a prelate of the church who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109...
, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Albertus Magnus
Albertus Magnus
Albertus Magnus, O.P. , also known as Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, is a Catholic saint. He was a German Dominican friar and a bishop, who achieved fame for his comprehensive knowledge of and advocacy for the peaceful coexistence of science and religion. Those such as James A. Weisheipl...
, William of Ockham
William of Ockham
William of Ockham was an English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher, who is believed to have been born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey. He is considered to be one of the major figures of medieval thought and was at the centre of the major intellectual and political controversies of...
, Pierre Abelard, Duns Scotus
Duns Scotus
Blessed John Duns Scotus, O.F.M. was one of the more important theologians and philosophers of the High Middle Ages. He was nicknamed Doctor Subtilis for his penetrating and subtle manner of thought....
). During summer holidays he worked as construction day-labourer, mason stringy at church reconstructions (Haró, Marosillye, Hunedoara County) and ringer. Between 19771979 he worked as editor of the Hungarian pages of Echinox cultural university periodical in Cluj, together with András Mihály Beke and Zoltán Bretter. He graduated at the philology faculty of Babeş-Bolyai University
Babes-Bolyai University
The Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca is an university in Romania. With almost 50,000 students, the university offers 105 specialisations, of which there are 105 in Romanian, 67 in Hungarian, 17 in German, and 5 in English...
in Cluj, receiving qualification in Hungarian-French language and literature. Between 19791984 he worked as first editor of the Hungarian pages of Napoca Universitară cultural periodical. Between 19791984 he also worked as teacher of Hungarian literature and grammar at the Huedin
Huedin
Huedin is a town in Cluj County, Romania.Huedin is located at the northern edge of the Apuseni Mountains. It is surrounded by the villages of Nearşova, Domoşu, Horlacea and others. The town administers one village, Bicălatu...
Primary School. Between 19841991 he worked as professor of French language and literature in secondary schools, lyceums and high schools in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, first at Anjou
Anjou
Anjou is a former county , duchy and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France. It corresponds largely to the present-day département of Maine-et-Loire...
and Vandée (Angers
Angers
Angers is the main city in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....
, Cholet
Cholet
Cholet is a commune of western France in the Maine-et-Loire department. It was the capital of military Vendée.-Geography:Cholet stands on an eminence on the right bank of the Moine, which used to be crossed by a bridge from the fifteenth century...
), then in settlements near Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
(Faremoutiers
Faremoutiers
Faremoutiers is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-History:Originally named Evoriacum, Faremoutiers was renamed in honour of Saint Fara, who founded the Abbey of Faremoutiers there in the 620s. It lies in the historical region of...
, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.7 km. from the center of Paris.-The abbey:...
, Coulommiers
Coulommiers
Coulommiers is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.It is also the name of a cheese of the Brie family produced in and around that city.-Twin towns:Coulommiers was twinned with Leighton Buzzard in 1958...
, Pontault-Combault
Pontault-Combault
Pontault-Combault is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Paris from the center.-History:...
). In 1985 he received the degree of Magister at the Nantes University, in the field of French and comparative history of literature. Between 19851991 he was doctorandus of French history of literature at the Angers University, being disciple of literary historian George Cesbron. In the circle of Présence de Gabriel Marcel literary-philosophical fellowship he made acquaintance with Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricoeur
Paul Ricœur was a French philosopher best known for combining phenomenological description with hermeneutic interpretation...
, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, Archbishop of Paris, writer Claude Aveline
Claude Aveline
Claude Aveline, pen name of Evgen Avtsine , was a writer, publisher, editor, poet and member of the French Resistance. Aveline, who was born in Paris, France, has authored numerous books and writings throughout his writing career...
, Georges Lubin, publisher of George Sand
George Sand
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant , best known by her pseudonym George Sand , was a French novelist and memoirist.-Life:...
's correspondences, as well as philosopher André Comte-Sponville
André Comte-Sponville
André Comte-Sponville is a French philosopher born in Paris, France. He studied in the École Normale Supérieure, and is aggregated in philosophy...
and other important personalities of French culture. He corresponded with sociologist Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu was a French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher.Starting from the role of economic capital for social positioning, Bourdieu pioneered investigative frameworks and terminologies such as cultural, social, and symbolic capital, and the concepts of habitus, field or location,...
and Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...
. Between 1984-1986 he lived in Angers and Cholet, then in Paris between 19861991. Between 19911992 he worked as editor at Jelenlét cultural periodical in Cluj. In 1991 he was founding member of György Bretter Literary Circle, a society with great literary traditions that had ceased to exist in 1983 and being revived after the 1989 revolution in Romania. Between 19921993 he worked as editor at the Cluj branch of Bucharest based Kriterion Publishing House. From 1993 he is founding board member of György Bretter Literary Circle. Between 19911994 he taught French language and literature at Brassai Sámuel Lyceum in Cluj. In 1999 he received doctorate in theory of literature with his paper on the literary and drama critical work of French existentialist philosopher Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Honoré Marcel was a French philosopher, a leading Christian existentialist, and author of about 30 plays.He focused on the modern individual's struggle in a technologically dehumanizing society...
, at the Philology Faculty of Babeş-Bolyai University in Cluj. From 1995 he works as assistant professor at the Theatre and Television Faculty of Babeş-Bolyai University, teaching universal theatre history of Antiquity, basic notions of dramaturgy, theatre aesthetics, Hungarian literature and rhetorics. He discovered the literary oeuvre of Alfréd Reinhold (Alfred Reynolds
Alfred Reynolds (writer)
Alfred Reynolds was a writer on social and religious topics.-Biography:Reynolds was born into a wealthy family in Budapest, of a Jewish mother and a Roman Catholic father. He was educated at schools in Budapest and Vienna and at the University of Leipzig...
) (1907, Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
1993, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
). He translates from French and Romanian languages.
Volumes in Hungarian
- A létezéstől a lehetőségig (From Being to Possibility). EssayEssayAn essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
s in comparative history of literature and philosophy, Kriterion Publishing House, Forrás-series, BucharestBucharestBucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, 1980. - Tűzpróba (Ordeal by Fire). Poems. Kriterion Publishing House, Bucharest, 1984.
- Mentális Tárgyak Múzeuma (Museum of Mental Objects). Concrete poems. Matthias Studio Paper, Cluj-Napoca, 1999.
- Antracit (Anthracite). Ortho-existential essayEssayAn essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
. Előretolt Helyőrség Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2002. ISBN 9378045480 - Golania Magna. A neo-goliárd költészet kritikai vetületei. (Golania Magna. Critical Aspects of Neo-GoliardGoliardThe Goliards were a group of clergy who wrote bibulous, satirical Latin poetry in the 12th and 13th centuries. They were mainly clerical students at the universities of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and England who protested the growing contradictions within the Church, such as the failure of the...
Poetry). Critical works, Grinta Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2005. - Mysterium Mythologiae. Philosophical essay. Grinta Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2005. ISBN 9737651065
- NemoNemoNemo is a Latin word meaning "no man" or "no one". "Nemo" may also refer to:-Fiction:* Captain Nemo, captain of the submarine Nautilus in Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Mysterious Island...
. Poems. AB-ART Publishing House, BratislavaBratislavaBratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
, 2004. ISBN 8080870101 - Az elszállt szitakötő (Butterfly in Mid-Air). NovelNovelA novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
. AB-ART Publishing House, Bratislava, 2005. ISBN 8080870284 - Diva Deva. Philosophical essay. Grinta Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2006. ISBN 9737651650 ISBN 9789737651655
- Golania Magna Secunda. Mitokritikák a neo-goliárd irodalomról (Golania Magna Secunda. Mytho-chritics on Neo-Goliard Literature). Critical writings, Irodalmi Jelen Books, AradArad, RomaniaArad is the capital city of Arad County, in western Romania, in the Crişana region, on the river Mureş.An important industrial center and transportation hub, Arad is also the seat of a Romanian Orthodox archbishop and features two universities, a Romanian Orthodox theological seminary, a training...
, 2007. ISBN 9789737648112 - De amore. Philosophical essay. AB-ART Publishing House, Bratislava, 2008. ISBN 9788080870454
- Boldogok és Bolondok (The Happy and the Insane). Philosophical essay. AB-ART Publishing House, Bratislava, 2008. ISBN 9788080870355
- Lali lakomái (Lali's Feasts). NovelNovelA novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
. AB-ART Publishing House, Bratislava, 2008. ISBN 9788080870539 - Apolló apológiái. Aphorismes. AB-ART Publishing House, Bratislava, 2009. ISBN 9788080870676
Volumes in Romanian
- Fiinţă şi teatru (Being and Theatre). Philosophical essay. Dacia Publishing House, Teatru series, Cluj-Napoca, 2003, ISBN 9733517054
- Scrisori despre comicul existenţial. Correspondenţă transtemporală (Letters on Existential Humour. Trans-temporal Correspondence). Philosophical essay. Grinta Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2006. ISBN 973-7651-44-8
- Oglinda Ochiului. Speculum spectationis (The Mirror of the Eye). Philosophical essay. Eikon Publishing House - Editura Remus, Cluj-Napoca, 2010. ISBN 978-973-757-338-4 ISBN 978-973-7915-18-4
Volumes in French
- La critique littéraire et dramatique de Gabriel Marcel (Literary and Drama Critical Work of Gabriel Marcel). Essay, Grinta Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2004. ISBN 97379244
- Déclin et Déclic. Philosophical essay. Remus Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2004. ISBN 9737915003
Essays in Literary Critic and History of Ideas
- Ave Csehy ! In : Helikon, 28 (25 June 2007). See Zoltán Csehy
- Vanda … Van ! Az Örök Őrök (Vanda... Exists! The Guards of Eternity). In: Korunk, August 2006.
- Esti mese (Bedtime Story). György Méhes. In : Helikon, 2002/ 7, 2-3.
- Egy világrendszer keletkezéséről. Adalékok Galilei Dialogójához. (On the Becoming of a World System. To Galilei’s Dialogo). In: GalileiGalileiGalilei is a surname, and may refer to:*Galileo Galilei , astronomer, philosopher, and physicist.*Vincenzo Galilei , composer, lutenist, and music theorist; father of Galileo...
, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, the PtolemaicGeocentric modelIn astronomy, the geocentric model , is the superseded theory that the Earth is the center of the universe, and that all other objects orbit around it. This geocentric model served as the predominant cosmological system in many ancient civilizations such as ancient Greece...
and a CopernicanCopernicanCopernican means of or pertaining to the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus* For the Copernican system of astronomy, see heliocentrism* For the philosophical principle, see Copernican principle* For the lunar geological period, see Copernician...
. Preface written and notes compiled by Ferenc Bréda. Kriterion, Téka-series, Bucharest, 1983. - Az öntudat alkonya. (Dawn of Consciousness) In : A létezéstől a lehetőségig (From Being to Possibility). Kriterion, Bucharest, 1980.
Memberships
He is member of Hungarian Writers' Ligue in Transylvania, Romanian Writers' Union, Présence de Gabriel Marcel Association and the Public Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.Further reading
- Szőcs Géza, Ki vagy, Bréda ? In : Igazság, Fellegvár, Cluj, 1977.
- Molnár Gusztáv: Levél Bréda Ferenchez. Echinox, Cluj, 1979/1-2.
- Vekerdi László, Bréda Ferenc, A létezéstől a lehetőségig. In : Valóság, BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, 1981/ 1. - Szőcs István, Transz-ok, avagy erdélyi Grál. [Bréda Ferenc, Antracit]. In : Helikon, Kolozsvár, 2002/ 14, 2-3.
- Szőcs István, Grál-visszfények ? In : Helikon, Kolozsvár, 2002/ 15, 2-3.
- Szőcs István, Merengő - Mágus Déva vára. In : Helikon, XVIII. évf., 2007., 7. (477.).
- Szőcs István, Bréda Capytulációja avagy Szóból ért az ember ! In : Helikon, 2006., 18. (464.)
- Szőcs István, Jegyzet - A hmhmhm... A szerelem ... In : Helikon, Kolozsvár, 2008/ 12.
- Ovidiu PecicanOvidiu PecicanOvidiu Coriolan Pecican is a Romanian historian, essayist, novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, poet, playwright, and journalist...
, Fiinţã şi Teatru. Teatrul de umbre al luminii. In : Tribuna, nr. 69., 2005. p. 7. - Laura PavelLaura PavelLaura Pavel is a Romanian essayist and literary critic.-Biography:Daughter of Dora Pavel, writer, and Eugen Pavel, linguist, scientific researcher. Married to the literary critic Călin Teutişan. She has a BA in Letters of the „Babeş-Bolyai” University in Cluj-Napoca, the Romanian-English section...
, Teatru - farsă şi adevăr ? In : Contemporanul-Ideea europeană, XV., nr. 8, 2004. - Mircea Arman, Scrisori despre comicul existenţial. In : Jurnalul Literar, BucharestBucharestBucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, 2007, p. 23. - Graţian Cormoş, Trãind în post-istorie, fãrã iluzii. In : Tribuna, Cluj, nr. 96, 2006.
- Mihai Borşoş, Democraţia şi omenescul. In : Tribuna, 2008/ 149, p. 6.
- Ștefan Manasia, Învățăturile magistrului François. În : Tribuna, nr. 207, 16-30 aprilie 2011, p.5. http://www.revistatribuna.ro/doc_db_site/tribuna/4dd9fcf0ad76e207.pdf
- Karácsonyi Zsolt, Nemo és a kutyák. In : A Nagy kilometrik, Helikon, 34/ 2007.
- Karácsonyi Zsolt, A margótól az argóig. In : Krónika, 2004. nov. 5-7.
- Székely Csaba, A Brettenthetetlenek. In : A Hét, 2004/ 38, 11.
- Orbán János Dénes, Merlin Claudiopolisban. In : Bréda, Antracit, Erdélyi Híradó / Előretolt Helyőrség, Kolozsvár, 2002, pp. 5–10.
- Farkas Wellmann Endre, Bolondokról, a bolondok nyelvén. In : Krónika, 2008. November 21–23., p. 6.
- Király Farkas, A könyv címe : Nemo. In : Helikon, 2005/ 23.
- Király Farkas, A mito-kán most rábeszél . In : Helikon, 2005. július 10.
- Martos Gábor, Marsallbot a hátizsákban. A Forrás harmadik nemzedéke. Kolozsvár, 1994.
- Szántai János, Jelenés Dívával, Dévával. In : Székelyföld, 2008/ 5.
- Szántai János, A klozettolvasó naplójából, 9. (François Bréda, Boldogok és Bolondok, AB-ART, Pozsony, 2008.) In : Helikon, Kolozsvár, 2009/ 1, p. 14.
- Martos Gábor, Éjegyenlőség. Írások az erdélyi magyar irodalomról. Erdélyi Híradó Könyv- és Lapkiadó, Kolozsvár, 2000.
- Martos Gábor,Volt egyszer egy Fellegvár. Erdélyi Híradó Könyv- és Lapkiadó, Kolozsvár, 1994.
- Martos Gábor, Az út vége (?). In : Kép(es) költészet, Patriot kiadó, SopronSopronIn 1910 Sopron had 33,932 inhabitants . Religions: 64.1% Roman Catholic, 27.8% Lutheran, 6.6% Jewish, 1.2% Calvinist, 0.3% other. In 2001 the city had 56,125 inhabitants...
, 1995, pp. 76–80. - Szalai Zsolt, Bréda, Antracit. In : www. szepirodalmifigyelo.hu
- Pál Edit Éva, Tudatskalpok és az irodalom. In : www. transindex.ro
- Vári Csaba és Sipos Zoltán, Bréda Ferenc, aki Mumu forever. In : www. transindex.ro
- Miklós Ágnes Kata, A szóértés feltételei. Nemzedékváltási problémák a hetvenes évek romániai magyar irodalmában. Komp-Press Kiadó, Kolozsvár, pp. 211–214., 2010. ISBN 9789731960210