{"id":509,"date":"2013-03-20T14:13:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T13:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prosefest.rs\/?p=509"},"modified":"2019-09-20T10:50:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T09:50:27","slug":"derd-konrad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosefest.rs\/en\/2009\/derd-konrad\/","title":{"rendered":"George Konrad"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"George<\/a>George Konrad (Konr\u00e1d Gy\u00f6rgy) was born on 2nd<\/sup> April 1933. He studied literature, sociology and psychology. From 1959 to 1965 he worked as a social worker. In the same period he edited the collected works of Tolstoy and Balzac and published his first essays and journalistic writings.<\/p>\n

In 1965 Konrad started working at the scientific department of the Institute for Urbanism. Around that time he started collaborating with sociologist and urban sociology theorist Iv\u00e1n Szel\u00e9nyi. The two co-authored the extensive historical-philosophical study entitled The<\/i><\/b> <\/i><\/strong>Intellectuals on the Road to Class Power<\/i><\/strong> <\/strong>\u2013 the police confiscated the manuscript in 1974 brought charges against the authors which was soon abandoned. Szel\u00e9nyi emigrated, while Konr\u00e1d was practically not allowed to publish anything in Hungary until 1988. He spends the period between 1976 and 1984 mainly abroad on scholarships of different foundations \u2013 two years in West Berlin, then in the USA; he travelled around Europe, Australia and America.<\/p>\n

George Konrad was one of the leaders of the democratic opposition in one-party Hungary, and one of the founders of the largest liberal party \u2013 the Union of Free Democrats. He has received Herder\u2019s Award (1983), European Essay Award (1985), The Peace Award of German Publishers and Booksellers (1991), The International Literary Award \u2018Stefan Mitrov Ljubi\u0161a\u2019 (1998), Goethe\u2019s Memorial Medal (2000), The International Carlo\u2019s Award (2001), The Human Rights Award \u2018Franc Verfel\u2019 (2007) and the Jewish Book Council Award (2008). He has received the highest state decorations of Hungary, France and Germany and is an honorary Doctor of the University of Antwerp (1990) and Novi Sad (2003).<\/p>\n

From 1990 to 1993 he was president of the International PEN club and between 1997 and 2003 he presided over the German Academy of Arts Berlin-Brandenburg.<\/p>\n

Works:<\/p>\n

The Case Worker<\/i><\/b> <\/b>(A l\u00e1togat\u00f3,<\/i> novel, 1969); The City Builder<\/i><\/b> (A v\u00e1rosalap\u00edt\u00f3<\/i>, novel, 1971); Temptations of Autonomy<\/i><\/b> (Az auton\u00f3mia k\u00eds\u00e9rt\u00e9se,<\/i> essays, 1980); The Loser<\/i><\/b> (A cinkos,<\/i> novel, 1989); Antipolitics<\/i><\/b> (Antipolitika<\/i>, essays, 1989); A Feast in the Garden<\/i><\/b> (Kerti mulats\u00e1g,<\/i> novel, <\/i>1989); Dragom\u00e1n \u00e9s Melinda<\/i><\/b> (novel, 1989); At the Navel of Europe<\/i> <\/b>(Eur\u00f3pa k\u00f6ld\u00f6k\u00e9n<\/i>, essays, studies, 1990); The Melancholy of Rebirth<\/i> <\/b>(Az \u00fajj\u00e1sz\u00fclet\u00e9s melank\u00f3li\u00e1ja<\/i>, essays, articles, studies, 1991); Stonedial<\/i> <\/b>(K\u0151\u00f3ra<\/i>, novel, 1994); Awaiting<\/i> <\/b>(V\u00e1rakoz\u00e1s<\/i>, essays, articles, 1995). The Current Listing<\/i><\/b> (\u00c1raml\u00f3 lelt\u00e1r,<\/i> essays, articles, 1997); The Invisible Voice: Meditations on Jewish Themes<\/i><\/b> (A l\u00e1thatalan hang<\/i>, essays, 1997); Heritage<\/i><\/b> (Hagyat\u00e9k,<\/i> novel, 1998); The Yugoslav War<\/i><\/b> (A jugoszl\u00e1viai h\u00e1bor\u00fa<\/i>, polemics, 1999); Ready for a Journey<\/i><\/b> (\u00datrak\u00e9szen<\/i>, essays, articles, 1999); What Does a Green Frog Know?<\/i> <\/b>(Mit tud a levelib\u00e9ka<\/i>, selected essays, 2000); Leaving Home and Coming Home<\/i> <\/b>(Elutaz\u00e1s \u00e9s hazat\u00e9r\u00e9s<\/i>, autobiographic novel, 2001); Solar Eclipse, on a Hill<\/i> <\/b>(Fenn a hegyen napfogyatkoz\u00e1skor<\/i>, autobiographic novel, 2003); A Writer and a City<\/i> <\/b>(Az \u00edr\u00f3 \u00e9s a v\u00e1ros<\/i>, essays, speeches and articles, 2004); The Sorrow of Roosters<\/i> <\/b>(Kakasok b\u00e1nata<\/i>, novel, 2005); Marvellous Figures<\/i> <\/b>(Csodafigur\u00e1k<\/i>, literary portraits, essays 2006); Pendulum<\/i><\/b> (Inga<\/i>, novel, 2008).<\/p>\n

www.konradgyorgy.hu<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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