Four Transylvanian writers and poets were awarded the József Attila Prize on the occasion of the 15th of March, the memorial day of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The artistic awards were handed over by Miklós Kásler, Minister of Human Resources of Hungary. All four were recognized for their outstanding literary work.
Writer and teacher Ágnes Magyary was born in Kolozsvár/Cluj-Napoca and has lived in Budapest since 1989. Her work was characterized by Ferenc Zsidó, editor in chief of the Székelyföld magazine, a couple of years ago: “Ágnes Magyary is remarkably interested in literary curiosities, intertextual plays, reinterpretations, and the post-modern. And, of course, she also has stories, but as if only incidentally.”
Poet and editor Éva Farkas Wellmann was born in Marosvásárhely/Târgu-Mureș and lives in Békéscsaba, Hungary. She regularly publishes poems in Hungarian and Transylvanian literary magazines and anthologies and also publishes reviews and literary history studies in Hungarian and English. Her first independent volume of poetry was published in 2002 with the title Itten ma donna választ; her volume of poetry entitled Magaddá rendeződni was published last year by the Frontier Garrison Writer’s Academy.
Sándor Muszka is known as a writer with a unique humour that finds its way into his writings; he was born in Kézdivásárhely/Târgu Secuiesc and lives in Csíkszépvíz/Frumoasa. Muszka graduated from the Sociology-Anthropology Department at Babeș-Bolyai University.
Poet Melinda Varga was born in Gyergyószentmiklós/Gheorgheni and studied in Marosvásárhely and Kolozsvár. She has published her poems in prestigious literary magazines in Hungary and in Transylvania. She has been a collaborator of Irodalmi Jelen since 2002 and has served as editor of its poetry column since 2015 and interview column since 2017. She is also the editor of the literary and culture section, The Frontier Garrison.
Photo: Facebook page of Melinda Varga
Miklós Kásler, the Minister of Human Resources of Hungary, also awarded the Herczeg Ferenc Prize to poet and writer János Dénes Orbán; Orbán was born in Brassó/Brașov and is President of the Frontier Garrison Writer’s Academy and a member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts.
Featured photo: The József Attila prize, kronikaonline.ro
