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The native form of this personal name is Rapai
Ágnes. This article uses the Western name order.
Ágnes Rapai (born 13 March 1952 in Szekszárd,
Hungary) is a Hungarian poet, writer, and
translator.
Biography
Rapai spent her childhood in Budapest, Szekszárd, and Pécs. She graduated from the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
where she studied dramaturgy in 1975.
Rapai has been a freelance poet and writer since 1989.
Since 2007, she is a Member of the Board of ARTISJUS (Hungarian
Bureau for the Protection of Authors' Rights). She is a member of
the Belletrist Association (Szépírók Társasága)[1], the Hungarian
National Association of Creative Artists (MAOE), and the Hungarian
P.E.N.
Club.
Bibliography
She has published five collections of poetry in Hungary. Her
works have been published in Switzerland in two collections and in
anthologies such as Frauenfelder Lyriktage, Poesie Agenda,
Ungarische Poeten. All her publications in German have been
translated by András Sándor.
Collections
- Máshol (Elsewhere) Magveto Press 1985
- A darázs szeme (Eye of the Wasp) Orpheusz Publishing House
1990
- Spaziergang mit Hölderlin orte-Verlag 1995
- Zadarnál a tenger (The Sea by Zadar) Orpheusz Publishing House
1997
- Budapest.. orte Verlag 1999
- Arc poétika (Face of Poetry) Novella Publishing House 2006 [2]
- Mindenhol jó (Everywhere's Good) Novella Publishing House
2007
Anthologies
- Szép versek (Beautiful Poems) Magvető Kiadó, 1984, 1988, 1990,
2006, 2007, 2008
- Rodo Tykim Ulina (We are Blood-brothers, Anthology of
Finno-Ugric Writers) Mari Press, Yoshkar-Ola, 1989
- Poesie Agenda orte-Verlag 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2003
- Hét évszázad magyar költői (Hungarian Poets of Seven Centuries)
Tevan Kiadó, 1996)
- Magyar költőnők antológiája (Anthology of Hungarian Women
Poets) Enciklopédia Kiadó, 1997
- 4. Frauenfelder Lyriktage, Verlag Im Waldgut Frauenfeld 1997,
ISBN 3 7294 0261 7
- Lecsukott szemeden át látom, Kortárs magyar női szerelmes líra,
(I can see through your closed eyes. Contemporary Hungarian Women's
Poetry of Love), 2005, ISBN 963 8103 52 3
- Éjszakai állatkert (Night Zoo. An Anthology About Female
Sexuality) Jonathan Miller Kiadó, 2005
- MÉGSE LÉGYOTT - KÉKSZAKÁLLÚ+VERIZMÓ ELMARADT RANDEVÚJA (UNTRYST
– THE CANCELLED RENDEZVOUS OF BLUEBEARD+VERISMO) Miskolc 2006
- Ötvenhat író Esztergomról (Fifty Six Writers about Esztergom)
Pont Kiadó 2006
- LÉGYOTT – B.ARTÓK + P.ÁRIZS RANDEVÚJA (TRYST – RENDEZVOUS OF
B.ARTÓK+P.ARIS) Miskolc 2007
- Zsuzsa Bruria Forgács (ed). Szomjas oázis. Antológia a női
testről (Thirsty Oasis. An Anthology about the Female Body).
Budapest, Jaffa Kiadó, 2007 [3]
Awards
- The Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies 1995
- The Hungarian Art Fund 1996
- "János Arany"-Prize 1999
Participations
In 1997 she took part in the International Poetry Festival.Ágnes Rapai (4.
Frauenfelder Lyriktage 1997 - Autorinnen und Autoren)]
In 1999 Hungary was the guest of honor (Schwerpunkt-country) at
the Frankfurt Book Fair. Rapai's second
collection of poems in German was published for this occasion. [4]
9th Annual Prague International Poetry Days, 2007 [5]
Reviews of
her work
- Homepage of Agnes Rapai [6]
- Béla Bodor: Mindig máshol jó (It’s Always Good
Elsewhere) Kortárs 2008 [7]
- István Bella: A fűszál színeváltozása (The
Discoloration of a Blade of Grass) Élet és Irodalom 1985
- Györgyi Pécsi: A darázs szeme (Eye of the
Wasp) Életünk 1991
- András Lukácsi: Magyar költőnő Svájcban (A
Hungarian Poetess in Switzerland) Magyar Hírlap 1994
- András Sándor: „E ruhátlan lét: a költészet”
(„Poetry – This Unclothed Existence) Tekintet 1995
- Ilona Legeza : Zadarnál a tenger (The Sea
by Zadar) Ilona Legeza’s Literary website [8]
- Zsuzsa Kapecz: Láng Olivér tündöklése és
bukása (Oliver Láng High and Low) Élet és Irodalom 2007 [9]
- Tünde Fodor: Hétköznapok töredékei (Bits and
Pieces of Everyday Life) Spanyolnátha 2007 [10]
- Gábor Kálmán: Amikor a háziasszony verset ír
(When the Housewife Writes Poetry) Könyvesblog 2007 [11]
- BARBARA TRABER: Elegie am Nachmittag (Badener
Tagblatt, Samstag, 29 October 1994)
- No racizm: [12]
- Racizm stop it[13]