Arpad Ozsvald
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* Nemesoroszi, 28 January 1932 - † Bratislava 15 June 2003 / poet ; ; He completed his schooling in his native village and in Csurgó, Somogy County. He began his poetic career in the early 1950s. In 1957, he earned a teaching certificate in Hungarian language and literature at the Pedagogical College in Bratislava. He taught in Nyírágó and Kétfegyvernek. Initially, he was a publishing editor, and then from 1956 to 1995 he was a colleague of the successor magazine of Fáklya, Hét. He died on 15 June 2003 in Bratislava, at the age of 72. ; ; His poetry ; ; The material for his early poems is provided by his childhood, the people and landscapes of his native land, and his war experiences. His poems are characterized by quiet contemplation, a quiet agitation over the affairs of the world. With his lyrics, he is strongly tied to his nationality, but he also reflects on the main concerns of humanity. His poems are characterized by delicate moods, directness, clear images and an elegiac mood. From the 1970s, the previous balance was replaced by a vibrating restlessness, and he writes poems that suggest fear and resignation. In addition to contemplation and remembrance, he opens his door to the world of myth and history. One of his most successful works, The Little Postman, is a novel written for children, which is about the trials of the war years. ; ; His most important works ; ; Spring Will Be Kind Again (1956), poems ; Judas I Could Not Be (1959), poems ; The Little Postman (1965), children's novel; Földközeleben (1965), poems; Laterna magica (1967), poems; Pigeons Flying in Black (1969), poems; Ballad of Carts (1971), poems; Wadvizek (1978), poems; Oszlopfő (1955-1980), selected poems; Valahol otthon (1985), poems; Nincsenek szemtanuk (1992), poems; Néger a hóvesésben (1994), children's poems; On the Path of Memories, Microgamma, Bratislava, 1995 ; Everything Must Be Remembered... New Poems and Translations, Madách-Posonium, Bratislava, 1996 ; The Great Sási Snake. Selected and New Poems, Madách-Posonium, Bratislava, 2000 ; The Dance of the Lidércek. Selected Poems, ed., afterword by Gyula Bodnár, Madách-Posonium, Bratislava, 2006 (Hungarian Antaeus Books)