Laszlo Barak

* Muzsla, 1953. Sept. 8. / poet, prose writer, publicist ; ; He graduated from the Mechanical Engineering High School in Košice in 1973. Between 1973 and 1977 he was the editor of Szabad Földműves, and later an employee of the Dunaszerdahely District People's Education Center. From 1989 he was the editor of the weekly Nap. c., then from 1992 its editor-in-chief and the director of Nap Könyvkiadó. In 2003 he received the Imre Forbáth Prize. ; – He has been publishing regularly since the second half of the seventies. His ironic poems are characterized by a philosophical tendency, acerbic, sometimes grotesque humor, and occasionally a strong public spirit. In his poetry technique, he often uses film-like cuts and expressive expressions. In the second half of the eighties he published several short stories. These mainly attracted attention due to the public courage and satirical tone expressed in them. ; ; Works: Sancho Panza szoroszó, v., 1981, Vízbe fúlt plakatok, v., 1982, Szelíd pamphlet, v., 1987, Időbolt, gyv., 1989, Insultusok kora, v., 1992, Micsoda kaland, leporelló, 1994, Titanic-verzió, vál. v., ed.: Tibor Zalán, Dsz. 1996, Csapdában, v., 1998, Okiis kicinalnálk, v., 2001, És ha tégy ringyó?, v., 2002, Míféle szerzet vagys te?, v., 2003, Meg volt am szebedve minden, v., 2003. ; ; Literature: Sándor Gál: Főnix Füzetek 3, Hét 1984/10, Pál Száraz: About the two volumes of a new series, ÚIfj. 1982. May 16., László Tóth: Posters Drowned in Water, Nő 1983/27, Zsigmond Zalabai: László Barak. = Z. Zs.: Poem History, 1995, Zoltán Szeberényi: Hungarian Literature in Slovakia II., Po. 2001, Gergely Vida: Crossing the Bridge, Kalligram 2004/5, Attila Mizser: The Happiest Barak, Kalligram 2004/5. ;

G. L.