László Kálnoky
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László Kálnoky was a Hungarian
poet and literary translator.
He belonged to the third generation of Nyugat
. He's poetry was highly typical of pessimism
.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
poet and literary translator.
He belonged to the third generation of Nyugat
Nyugat
Nyugat , was the most influential Hungarian literary journal in the first half of the 20th century. Writers and poets from that era are referred to as "1st/2nd/3rd generation of the NYUGAT"....
. He's poetry was highly typical of pessimism
Pessimism
Pessimism, from the Latin word pessimus , is a state of mind in which one perceives life negatively. Value judgments may vary dramatically between individuals, even when judgments of fact are undisputed. The most common example of this phenomenon is the "Is the glass half empty or half full?"...
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Books of poetry
- Az árnyak kertje [The Garden of the Shadows](1939)
- Lázas csillagon [In a Feverish Star] (1957)
- Lángok árnyékában [In the Shadow of the Flames] (1970)
- Letépett álarcok [Tearing Off the Masks] (1972)
- Farsang utóján [At the End of the Carnival] (1977)
- A szemtanú [The Eyewitness] (1979)
- Összegyűjtött versek [Collected Poems] (1980, 1992, 2006) ISBN 963-389-710-6
- Egy hiéna utóélete és más történetek [The Posterity of a Hyena and Other Stories] (1981)
- Az üvegkalap [The Glass Hat] (1982)
- Bálnák a parton [Whales on the Shore] (1983)
- A gyógyulás hegyén [At the Mountain of Recovery] (1983)
- Egy mítosz születése [The Birth of a Myth] (1985)
- Hőstettek az ülőkádban (1986)
- Egy pontosvessző térdkalácsa (1996)