Joseph Bereck

* Albár, 1945. March 9. / prose writer, editor, translator ; ; He graduated from Dunaszerdahely (1963), studied music at the Pedagogical College in Nitra from 1963 to 1966, but did not complete his studies. In 1976, he enrolled in journalism at the Comenius University BTK, but dropped out after one semester. He taught in Dunaszerdahely in 1966, worked as a surveyor at the Slovak Geodesy and Cartography Institute in 1967, and was an instrument operator at the Dimitrov Chemical Works in Poznań from 1968 to 1970. From 1970, he was a colleague of Csallóköz–Žitný ostrov, in 1993 its editor-in-chief, later its senior editor. In the early nineties, he was also the editor of Nap. ; – His first attempts as a writer were published in the student newspaper of the Pedagogical College (Fórum). From 1965 he appeared sporadically with stories and sketches in the columns of Szabad Földműves and Új Ifjúság. He made his debut in the anthology Fekete szél (1972), and among the authors of the anthology he was the first to appear with a volume. His collection of short stories and short stories was published under the title Vihar éllőt(1974), and his short story Öregem, az utsólo(1977). He is the title-bearer of the Slovak-language anthology presenting young Hungarian prose writers (Biliard na spámě számětő hrdinov, 1976). His independent short story collection was also published in Slovak in the translation of Karol Wlachovský (Chvíle lásky, 1983). The works Before the Storm and Billiards in the Memory of a Few Heroes play a prominent role in the work of the short story writer B.. In Patience, Shepherd's Hours, and Reporting on the Loss of a Country, both the intention to depict the homeland and the following of the intellectual trends of modern prose can be observed. B.'s "regional realism" (Zalabai), however, does not mean provincialism. The writer "thirsts for the lyricism of human existence and actions" (Duba), his stories do not aim to shock the reader, but to make them think. We see resigned, resigned people, people in whom the natural instinct of survival and survival is at work behind the labyrinths of the soul. The themes of his short story My Old Man, the Last One can be seen in his earlier short stories (Anxiety, The Quarter in the Sign of the Nine), but the short story makes the story more complete and the work more artistic. Its characters are more nuanced, its writing tools more polished. In the struggles of its adolescent hero (Tamás Hury) and in the grandfather-grandson contrast, past and present come to life before us. The tragedy of the Hungarians in Slovakia in 1945–48 (persecution, deportation), the multinational world of Baranya, and the journey to Csallóköz all trigger different reflections from the novel's heroes, as they are all different worlds. This difference also includes the conflict between "self-consciousness" and "we-consciousness". B. Vereség (1981) his collection of short stories did not indicate progress, but stagnation. His view of reality narrowed, his style and language tended towards mannerisms, and the place of the short story was taken by life pictures. – Translated from the works of Czech (L. Fuks, J. Nesvadba) and Slovak writers (R. Sloboda, L. Ballek, J. Puškáš, etc.). ; ; Works: Indulatos ébredés, publ., confessions, 1988, Végső visszállás, vál. and new elb., Dsz. 1993, Biliárd készédő hős émelkének, bibliophile vál., ibid. 1995, A galambszelídítő, iff. elb., 1997. ; ; Literature: Zsigmond Zalabai: A Csallóköztől „Mihályor- szágig”. = Z. Zs.: Balance test, Po.–Bp. 1978, László Mészáros: Before the gates of prose. = M. L.: Open thesis, ibid. 1977, next: “Studies” on the natural history of the man from Csallóköz, ISZ 1982/3, Gyula Duba: Stumbling blocks in the sky. Before József Bereck’s three short stories. = B. J.: Billiards in memory of some heroes, Dsz. 1995, Zoltán Szeberényi: Hungarian literature in Slovakia (1945–1999) II., 2001.