Lit in Translation

Imre Oravecz

Born 1943 · Hungary

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Aegon 2016 · Winner

    Távozó fa

    Title translated by AI:“Departing Tree”

    Imre Oravecz · 72 when first published

    Poetry · 196 pages

    AI-generated summary:Personal poems written between 2005 and 2014 that scan, in a cold winter light, the possibilities and limits of one life: small observations of nature, ageing and the cycle in which a person emerges from nature and death from life.

  • No English yet

    Aegon 2008 · Shortlist

    Ondrok gödre

    Title translated by AI:“Ondrok's Hollow”

    Imre Oravecz · 64 when first published

    Novel · Family, Historical, Migration · A rög gyermekei, book 1

    AI-generated summary:In Szajla, a village in northern Hungary, the peasant Árvai family slowly rises in the world, its members facing the choice between staying on the land and emigrating.