Piroska Reichard
Piroska Reichard | |
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Born | Carpathian Ruthenia, Austro-Hungarian Empire | 26 September 1884
Died | 1 January 1943 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary | (aged 58)
Occupation | Poet, critic, translator |
Language | Hungarian |
Alma mater | University of Budapest |
Notable works | Az életen kívül (1911) Őszi üdvözlet (1922). |
Notable awards | Baumgarten Prize (1932) |
Piroska Reichard (Hungarian: Reichard Piroska; 26 September 1884 – 1 January 1943) was a Hungarian-Jewish poet, critic, and translator.
Biography
Piroska Reichard was born in
Her work first appeared in the literary journal Nyugat, to which she became a regular contributor, publishing some eighty pieces between 1908 and 1941.[2] She also translated into Hungarian the works of Nietzsche, Edgar Allan Poe, and others, and wrote essays, short stories, and children's literature. She was best known, however, for her poetry, which frequently explored the theme of solitude.[3] Her most notable collections of verse are Az életen kívül ('Out of Life,' 1911) and Őszi üdvözlet ('Autumn Greetings,' 1922).
Reichard's work was recognized by a Baumgarten Prize in 1932.[4] She fled persecution during the Holocaust in Hungary, ultimately committing suicide on 1 January 1943.[5]
Partial bibliography
- Telamon históriája [History of Telamon] (Doctoral thesis). 1909.
- Az életen kívül [Out of Life]. Magyar költők. Vol. VII. Budapest: Athenaeum. 1911.
- Őszi üdvözlet [Autumn Greetings]. Budapest: Dick. 1922.
- "Babits angol irodalmi tanulmányai" [Babits's studies in English literature]. Nyugat (7). 1924.
- Nietzsche, Friedrich (1924). Jón, rosszon túl. Előjáték egy jövőbeli filozófiához [Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future]. Translated by Reichard, Piroska. Budapest: Világirodalom.
- "A Felszín" [The Surface]. Nyugat (21). 1928.
- "Osvát Ernő Jegyzetei" [Notes of Ernő Osvát]. Nyugat (21). 1933.
- A változó napokkal [With the Changing Days]. Budapest: Nyugat. 1936.
- "A Szentírás Babits Mihály költeményeiben" [Scripture in the poems of Mihály Babits]. IMIT Évkönyv. 1942.
References
- ^ Újvári, Péter, ed. (1929). "Reichard". Magyar zsidó lexikon. p. 737.
- ^ a b Székelyhidi, Ferenc (20 December 2007). "Reichard Piroska emlékezete" (in Hungarian).
- ^ "Reichard Piroska". Nyugat: 1908–2008 (in Hungarian). Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ Kenyeres, Ágnes, ed. (1969). "Reichard Piroska". Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon (in Hungarian). Vol. 2. Budapest: Akadémiai.
- ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.