John Batki

John Batki is an American short story writer, poet, and translator.

Life

He has been living in the United States since 1957.^[1] He has taught at Harvard University.^[2]

His work appeared in The New Yorker,.^[3]

He has collected weavings and textiles since 1975.^[4][5]

Awards

• 1972 O. Henry Award

Works

• "Alvinczi de Genere Szemere". The Hungarian Quarterly XLIX (192). Winter 2008.

Poetry

• The mad shoemaker ; poems. Iowa: Toothpaste Press. 1973.
• Falling Upwards; poems. Cambridge, Mass.: Dolphin Editions. 1976.

Translations

• Attila József (2000). "And We Still Keep Looking For Justice". In Andrei Codrescu, Laura Rosenthal. Thus spake the Corpse: an Exquisite corpse reader, 1988-1998, Volume 1. David R. Godine Publisher. ISBN 978-1-57423-100-7.
• Attila József (1973). Selected poems and texts. Translator John Bátki. Carcanet Press Ltd.
• Ernő Szép (1994). The smell of humans: a memoir of the holocaust in Hungary. Central European University Press. ISBN 978-1-85866-011-0.
• Peter Lengyel (1993). Cobblestone. Translator John Batki. London: Readers International. ISBN 978-0-930523-86-2.
• Attila József (July 1997). Winter Night: Selected Poems. Translator John Batki. Oberlin College Press. ISBN 978-0-932440-78-5.
• Ivan Mandy (1999). Fabulya's Wives and Other Stories. Translator John Batki. Budapest: Corvina. ISBN 963-13-4817-2.
• Ivan Mandy (1999). What Was Left. Translator John Batki. Budapest: Noran Books. ISBN 963-9048-56-9.
• Gyula Krúdy (2000). Krúdy's chronicles: turn-of-the-century Hungary in Gyula Krúdy's journalism. Translator John Bátki. Central European University Press. ISBN 978-963-9116-79-5.
• Geza Ottlik (2004). Buda. Translator John Batki. Corvina. ISBN 963-13-5332-X.
• Gyula Krúdy (2007). Sunflower. Introduction John Lukacs Translator John Bátki. New York Review of Books. ISBN 978-1-59017-186-8.
• Gyula Krúdy (2007). Ladies Day. Translator John Batki. Budapest: Corvina Press. ISBN 978-963-13-5549-9.
• Gyula Krudy (2010). Life Is a Dream. Translator John Batki. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-119303-8.

References

1. http://www.hungarianquarterly.com/no192/12.shtml
2. http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=73231&view=full_sptlght
3. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/john_batki/search?contributorName=john%20batki
4. http://www.rugrabbit.com/profile/511
5. http://apointofviewgallery.net/apointofviewgallery_006.htm