Lit in Translation

Zsuzsa Rakovszky

Born 1950 · Hungary

In English
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Books on prize lists

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    Aegon 2018 · Shortlist

    Célia

    Zsuzsa Rakovszky · 67 when first published

    Novel · 312 pages · Family

    AI-generated summary:In present-day Budapest a man learns, years after the fact, that he became a father by chance, and his daughter Célia, in her twenties and practically a stranger, enters his life needing his help.

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    Libri 2016 · Winner

    Fortepan

    Zsuzsa Rakovszky · 65 when first published

    Poetry · 72 pages

    AI-generated summary:Poems that start from old photographs found in an online archive, bringing their frozen figures back to life through monologues, descriptions of pictures and the shadows of objects.

    Also: Aegon 2016 shortlist

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    Aegon 2007 · Winner

    Visszaút az időben

    Title translated by AI:“The Way Back in Time”

    Zsuzsa Rakovszky · 56 when first published

    Poetry · 262 pages

    AI-generated summary:Every poem the poet published between 1981 and 2005, gathered in one volume and closing with a group of new poems.