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Sándor Csoóri
Hungarian poet, essayist, and screenwriter
Also known as: Csoóri Sándor
Quick Facts
- Hungarian form:
- Csoóri Sándor
- Born:
- February 3, 1930, Zámoly, Hungary
- Died:
- September 11/12, 2016, Üröm
Sándor Csoóri (born February 3, 1930, Zámoly, Hungary—died September 11/12, 2016, Üröm) was a Hungarian poet, essayist, and screenwriter who became known as one of the finest poets of his generation in Hungary. Although he was born into a peasant family, Csoóri extended his education in Pápa. Following World War II, he began contributing to journals in Budapest. Initially political, his verse became more personal and surreal in the 1960s, beginning with Menekülés a magányból (1962; “Escape from Solitude”). Volumes of his poetry translated into English included Wings of Knives and Nails (1981), Memory of Snow (1983), Barbarian Prayer (1989), ...(100 of 152 words)