Born 1938 · Hungary
Aegon 2019 · Winner
Title translated by AI:“Blind Hope”
Zsuzsa Takács · 80 when first published
Poetry · 608 pages
AI-generated summary:The collected poems of a lifetime, opening with a new cycle and closing with old and new poems about India.
Also: Libri 2019 shortlist
Aegon 2014 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Forbidden Language”
Zsuzsa Takács · 75 when first published
Poetry · 91 pages
AI-generated summary:Poems of homage to masters, a farewell to a dying relative, dream poems and confessions in the guise of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, their elegiac tone eased by delicate humour and irony.
Aegon 2008 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“The Guest of Deceptive Appearance”
Zsuzsa Takács · 69 when first published
Short stories · 224 pages
AI-generated summary:A poet's first book of prose: stories full of sudden shifts and sharp cuts, with scenes that slip out of reason's control into a feverish dream world, sometimes deadly, sometimes boldly erotic.