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| name = John Batki |
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| birth_date = 1942 |
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| birth_place = [[Hungary]] |
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| nationality = American |
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| alma_mater = Columbia University |
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| occupation = Short Story Writer |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Batki was born in Hungary in |
Batki was born in Hungary in 1942, and has been living in the [[United States]] since 1957.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hungarianquarterly.com/no192/12.shtml |title=The Hungarian Quarterly, VOLUME XLIX * No. 192 * Winter 2008 |access-date=2009-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206095230/http://hungarianquarterly.com/no192/12.shtml |archive-date=2009-02-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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He has taught at [[Harvard University]].<ref>http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=73231&view=full_sptlght</ref> |
He has taught at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=73231&view=full_sptlght | title=John Batki | Penguin Random House }}</ref> |
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Batki's work has appeared in ''The New Yorker''.<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/john_batki/search?contributorName=john%20batki</ref> |
Batki's work has appeared in ''The New Yorker''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/john_batki/search?contributorName=john%20batki |title=Search : The New Yorker |website=www.newyorker.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607081023/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/john_batki/search?contributorName=john%20batki |archive-date=2011-06-07}}</ref> |
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He has collected weavings and textiles since 1975.<ref> |
He has collected weavings and textiles since 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |title=rugrabbit.com {{!}} Antique Rugs and Carpets {{!}} Asian Art {{!}} Tribal Art |url=https://www.rugrabbit.com/profile/511 |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=www.rugrabbit.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://apointofviewgallery.net/apointofviewgallery_006.htm |title=John Batki |access-date=2021-10-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823025618/http://apointofviewgallery.net:80/apointofviewgallery_006.htm |archive-date=2009-08-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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===Essays=== |
===Essays=== |
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⚫ | *{{cite journal| url=http://www.hungarianquarterly.com/no192/12.shtml| title=Alvinczi de Genere Szemere| |
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*And Not a Soul in the Streets | www.hlo.hu |
*And Not a Soul in the Streets | www.hlo.hu |
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===Translations=== |
===Translations=== |
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*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ahrE0Prmge0C& |
*{{cite book| chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ahrE0Prmge0C&q=John+Batki&pg=PA475| chapter=And We Still Keep Looking For Justice| title=Thus spake the Corpse: an Exquisite corpse reader, 1988-1998 |volume=1|editor=Andrei Codrescu |editor2=Laura Rosenthal| publisher=David R. Godine Publisher| year=2000| isbn=978-1-57423-100-7| author=Attila József| author-link=Attila József}} |
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*{{cite book| title=Selected Poems and Texts| author= |
*{{cite book| title=Selected Poems and Texts| author=Attila József| author-link=Attila József| others=Translator John Bátki| publisher=Carcanet Press Ltd| year=1973 }} |
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*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4TtT93q9F8C& |
*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4TtT93q9F8C&q=John+Batki&pg=PR9| title=The Smell of Humans: a memoir of the holocaust in Hungary| author=Ernő Szép| publisher=Central European University Press| year=1994| isbn=978-1-85866-011-0 }} |
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*{{cite book| title=Cobblestone| author= Peter Lengyel| others=Translator John Batki | publisher=Readers International | place=London | year=1993 | isbn=978-0-930523-86-2}} |
*{{cite book| title=Cobblestone| author= Peter Lengyel| others=Translator John Batki | publisher=Readers International | place=London | year=1993 | isbn=978-0-930523-86-2}} |
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*{{cite book| title=Winter Night: Selected Poems | others=Translator John Batki | author= |
*{{cite book| title=Winter Night: Selected Poems | others=Translator John Batki | author=Attila József | author-link=Attila József | publisher=Oberlin College Press | date=July 1997| isbn=978-0-932440-78-5 }} |
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*{{cite book| title= |
*{{cite book| title=A Hungarian Quartet| author=Iván Mándy| others=Translator John Batki|publisher=Corvina| place=Budapest|year=1991|isbn=963-13-3366-3}} |
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*{{cite book| title= |
*{{cite book| title=Fabulya's Wives and Other Stories | author=Iván Mándy | author-link=Iván Mándy |others=Translator John Batki | publisher=Corvina | place=Budapest|year=1999 | isbn=963-13-4817-2 }} |
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*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZl6Nai4V9kC&dq=John+Batki&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=JPBNfQ4mIb&sig=qNg5hLgfflcZJNIQhs2ipHWU2jM&hl=en&ei=EFLWStD9Eo7CMMvuud0D&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CB4Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=&f=false| title=Krúdy's chronicles: turn-of-the-century Hungary in Gyula Krúdy's journalism| author=[[Gyula Krúdy]]| others=Translator John Bátki| publisher=Central European University Press| year=2000| isbn=978-963-9116-79-5 }} |
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*{{cite book| title= |
*{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZl6Nai4V9kC&q=John+Batki| title=Krúdy's chronicles: turn-of-the-century Hungary in Gyula Krúdy's journalism| author=Gyula Krúdy| author-link=Gyula Krúdy| others=Selected and translated by John Bátki| publisher=Central European University Press| year=2000| isbn=978-963-9116-79-5 }} |
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*{{cite book| title=Buda | author=Géza Ottlik | author-link=Géza Ottlik | others=Translator John Batki|publisher=Corvina|year=2004 | isbn=963-13-5332-X }} |
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*{{cite book| title=Sunflower| author=[[Gyula Krúdy]]| others=Introduction John Lukacs Translator John Bátki| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PIoZwveLxikC&dq=John+Batki&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=IG1GcpQMQ-&sig=oYmBqK09tsNVPqshuVS0DPrdh90&hl=en&ei=EFLWStD9Eo7CMMvuud0D&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCgQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=John%20Batki&f=false |publisher=New York Review of Books| year=2007| isbn=978-1-59017-186-8 }} |
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*{{cite book| title=Sunflower| author=Gyula Krúdy| author-link=Gyula Krúdy| others=Introduction John Lukacs Translator John Bátki| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PIoZwveLxikC&q=John+Batki |
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|publisher=New York Review of Books| year=2007| isbn=978-1-59017-186-8 }} |
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* {{cite book| title= |
* {{cite book| title=Ladies Day| author=Gyula Krúdy| author-link=Gyula Krúdy| others= Translator John Batki | publisher=Corvina Press | place=Budapest| year= 2007 | isbn=978-963-13-5549-9 }} |
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*{{cite book| title=Life Is a Dream| author=Gyula Krúdy| author-link=Gyula Krúdy| others= Translator John Batki | publisher=Penguin Books | place=London | year= 2010 | isbn=978-0-14-119303-8 }} |
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* {{cite book| title= |
* {{cite book| title=The Charmed Life of Kazmer Rezeda| author=Gyula Krúdy| author-link=Gyula Krúdy| others= Translator John Batki | publisher=Corvina Press | place=Budapest| year= 2011 | isbn=978-963-13-6039-4 }} |
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* {{cite book| title= |
* {{cite book| title=Knight of the Cordon Bleu| author=Gyula Krúdy| author-link=Gyula Krúdy| others= Translator John Batki | publisher=Corvina Press | place=Budapest| year=2013 | isbn=978-963-13-6126-1}} |
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* {{cite book| title=Blessed Days of My Youth| author=Gyula Krúdy| author-link=Gyula Krúdy|others=Translator John Batki | publisher=Corvina Press | place=Budapest| year=2016 | isbn=978-963-13-6376-0 }} |
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* {{cite book| title=Herman| author=László Krasznahorkai| author-link=László Krasznahorkai| others=Translator John Batki| publisher=New Directions | place=New York| year=2016 | isbn=978-081-12-2608-0}} |
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* {{cite book| title=[[The World Goes On]]| author=László Krasznahorkai| author-link=László Krasznahorkai|others=Translator (in part) John Batki| publisher=New Directions | place=New York| year=2017 | isbn=978-081-12-2419-2}} |
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* {{cite book| title=The Manhattan Project| author=László Krasznahorkai| author-link=László Krasznahorkai| others=Translator John Batki| publisher=Sylph Editions | place=London | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-90963123-6}} |
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* {{cite book| title=[[Chasing Homer]]| author=László Krasznahorkai| author-link=László Krasznahorkai|others=Translator John Batki| publisher=New Directions | place=New York| year=2021 | isbn=978-0-8112-2797-1}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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John Batki | |
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Born | 1942 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Occupation | Short Story Writer
Poet Translator |
John Batki is an American short story writer, poet, and translator.
Life
[edit]Batki was born in Hungary in 1942, and has been living in the United States since 1957.[1] He has taught at Harvard University.[2]
Batki's work has appeared in The New Yorker.[3]
He has collected weavings and textiles since 1975.[4][5]
Awards
[edit]- 1972 O. Henry Award
- 1975 MacDowell Fellowship
- 1993 Fulbright Fellowship
- 1995-6 Fellow, Collegium Budapest Institute for Advanced Study
- 2003 Translation Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
Works
[edit]Stories
[edit]- Never Touch a Butterfly | The New Yorker | May 1970
- Strange-Dreaming Charlie... | The New Yorker | 1971
- This Life in Green | The New Yorker | 1972
- At the National Festival | FICTION | 1972
Essays
[edit]- "Alvinczi de Genere Szemere". The Hungarian Quarterly. XLIX (192). Winter 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
- And Not a Soul in the Streets | www.hlo.hu
Poetry
[edit]- The Mad Shoemaker ; poems. Iowa: Toothpaste Press. 1973.
- Falling Upwards; poems. Cambridge, Mass.: Dolphin Editions. 1976.
Translations
[edit]- Attila József (2000). "And We Still Keep Looking For Justice". In Andrei Codrescu; Laura Rosenthal (eds.). Thus spake the Corpse: an Exquisite corpse reader, 1988-1998. Vol. 1. David R. Godine Publisher. ISBN 978-1-57423-100-7.
- Attila József (1973). Selected Poems and Texts. Translator John Bátki. Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Ernő Szép (1994). The Smell of Humans: a memoir of the holocaust in Hungary. Central European University Press. ISBN 978-1-85866-011-0.
- Peter Lengyel (1993). Cobblestone. Translator John Batki. London: Readers International. ISBN 978-0-930523-86-2.
- Attila József (July 1997). Winter Night: Selected Poems. Translator John Batki. Oberlin College Press. ISBN 978-0-932440-78-5.
- Iván Mándy (1991). A Hungarian Quartet. Translator John Batki. Budapest: Corvina. ISBN 963-13-3366-3.
- Iván Mándy (1999). Fabulya's Wives and Other Stories. Translator John Batki. Budapest: Corvina. ISBN 963-13-4817-2.
- Iván Mándy (1999). What Was Left. Translator John Batki. Budapest: Noran Books. ISBN 963-9048-56-9.
- Gyula Krúdy (2000). Krúdy's chronicles: turn-of-the-century Hungary in Gyula Krúdy's journalism. Selected and translated by John Bátki. Central European University Press. ISBN 978-963-9116-79-5.
- Géza Ottlik (2004). Buda. Translator John Batki. Corvina. ISBN 963-13-5332-X.
- Gyula Krúdy (2007). Sunflower. Introduction John Lukacs Translator John Bátki. New York Review of Books. ISBN 978-1-59017-186-8.
- Gyula Krúdy (2007). Ladies Day. Translator John Batki. Budapest: Corvina Press. ISBN 978-963-13-5549-9.
- Gyula Krúdy (2010). Life Is a Dream. Translator John Batki. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-119303-8.
- Gyula Krúdy (2011). The Charmed Life of Kazmer Rezeda. Translator John Batki. Budapest: Corvina Press. ISBN 978-963-13-6039-4.
- Gyula Krúdy (2013). Knight of the Cordon Bleu. Translator John Batki. Budapest: Corvina Press. ISBN 978-963-13-6126-1.
- Gyula Krúdy (2016). Blessed Days of My Youth. Translator John Batki. Budapest: Corvina Press. ISBN 978-963-13-6376-0.
- László Krasznahorkai (2016). Herman. Translator John Batki. New York: New Directions. ISBN 978-081-12-2608-0.
- László Krasznahorkai (2017). The World Goes On. Translator (in part) John Batki. New York: New Directions. ISBN 978-081-12-2419-2.
- László Krasznahorkai (2017). The Manhattan Project. Translator John Batki. London: Sylph Editions. ISBN 978-1-90963123-6.
- László Krasznahorkai (2021). Chasing Homer. Translator John Batki. New York: New Directions. ISBN 978-0-8112-2797-1.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Hungarian Quarterly, VOLUME XLIX * No. 192 * Winter 2008". Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
- ^ "John Batki | Penguin Random House".
- ^ "Search : The New Yorker". www.newyorker.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07.
- ^ "rugrabbit.com | Antique Rugs and Carpets | Asian Art | Tribal Art". www.rugrabbit.com. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
- ^ "John Batki". Archived from the original on 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2021-10-13.
Categories:
- 20th-century American poets
- Hungarian translators
- Hungarian emigrants to the United States
- Harvard University faculty
- Living people
- 20th-century American translators
- American male poets
- International Writing Program alumni
- O. Henry Award winners
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 20th-century American male writers
- Hungarian–English translators
- 1942 births