Joseph Poor

* September 4, 1950. Réte / writer, publicist, sailor ; ; He completed his elementary school in Réte and Szent, where he graduated. ; After graduating, he did not enter the maritime vocational institute, and continued his studies at the Slovak department of the Pedagogical College in Nitra, because he was not admitted to the Hungarian department. In the 4th semester, the system did not allow him to enroll in the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, and he did not continue his studies in Nitra, after his application to transfer to the Hungarian department was rejected. In 1970, he became a founding member of the progressive, original music band Bolygó Hollandi, with László Huszár. ; By 1988, he had obtained the highest Czechoslovak sports boating qualification. He later supplemented this with training and exams in Poland, which also enabled him to sail at sea. After the establishment of the Slovak state, he naturalized his qualification. He sailed in fresh and salt waters, but never in an industrial way. ; He had several occupations, and his life was decisively influenced by the fact that he could be a shift manager in a factory that also manufactured sailboats. He has been a freelancer since 1985. ; A frequent theme in his writings is the sea, sailing, and the desire for freedom. His fate was such that he could be a part of smaller and rougher waterways, but he did not become a sailor, but rather a wanderer. ; In 1985, he got into a conflict with the only Hungarian publisher at the time, which did not pay for two of his published volumes, only after court litigation was threatened. At that time, he vowed to find a way to privatize book publishing. ; After 1989, he participated in the creation of the first free elections as the president of the local VPN. ; In the field of book publishing, he published several books on sailing. He also published two books on circumnavigation (Varsányi, Méder), but he also edited multilingual editions. In the 1990s, he published the first Slovak novel in Hungary: Bernuľa Michal: Cursed Times – in Hungarian, Slovak. ; After the change of regime, he was the co-manager of a family business. In 2017, despite his advanced age and surgeries, he launched the water tour in honor of Ferenc Rákóczi II, in memory of the Regent Prince's forced departure to sea 300 years ago. ; ; Standalone volumes: ; Partközelben – short stories – Madách publishing house – Bratislava – 1985 ; Üzent érted a tenger – children's literature – published in 25 parts – Kis Építő – 1987-88 ; Captain Ollé the Poet – youth novel – VTV Studio – 1991; Little Bold – comic book – Little Builder/Tücsök – text, illustration -Madách Publishing House 1992/93; Little Bold – Hungarian, Slovak, English, French, German language youth novel, the shortened version of Little Bold – VTV Studio – 1994; Ga, Ge, Gu and the inventive computer – science fiction – VTV Studio – 2000; Etudes and the Lament – stories, short stories, poems, graphics – Lilium Aurum – 2007; If the dream is the most beautiful reality – 33-part non-fiction – 2009 – Hope. The little ones are also arriving – 13-part non-fiction – 2009 – Sunday; The Carina sailboat's journey around the world – co-author: Áron Méder – pub. – VTV Studio – 2009 ; Skipper – fiction, journalism, sailing encyclopedia – VTV Studio – 2010 ; időKAPU – (István Jankovich pribérí's echoes) – monograph – VTV Studio – 2012 ; Szelek vállán, vizek hátán – pub., graphics, lyrics – VTV Studio – 2017 ; ; Participation in anthologies: ; Vámbéry Anthology – (poem) – 2004 ; Meguulás – (poem) – MIR Kiadó – 2006 ; Szerelem – (narrative) – MIR Kiadó -2007 ; Vámbéry Anthology – (poem) – 2008 ; ; Results: ; – Jeligés short story competition – 2nd place – AB ART – Bratislava – 2000; – Short story competition – publication award – Égtájak – Budapest – 2001; – International sci-fi competition – recognition – VMK – Debrecen – 2001; – The short story collection Etudes and the Sorrowful was awarded the title of one of the most successful works of fiction at the SZMIT annual review meeting in the critical summary of József Keserű -2007; – In the footsteps of successful books – Zoltán Szalai’s critical analysis of the short story collection Etudes and the Sorrowful – 2007, Irodalmi Szemle; – Praise: “In my reading, the book Etudes and the Sorrowful is among the first hundred volumes of our contemporary Hungarian literature!”- Pál Száraz – 2015; – Universal human achievement – János Cúth’s note on the book Captain Ollé the Poet. The praise written about the little girl who was caught up in the sailing adventure is also unusual because the book contains free poems for children. “Parents and teachers! This book should be available to every child and student…” Female – 1992; – Recognition – scouts use a chosen name in their movement instead of their civil name. The chosen name of a Hungarian scout leader in Slovakia, who is now a man, has been Captain Ollé the Poet since his youth: Captain Ollé the Poet; – ídőKAPU (Jankovich István’s overhearings) – “… everyone should read István Jankovich’s books about the journey towards the interior of the soul, as well as his one-minute stories about his wanderings as a sailor! … Thank you to István Jankovich and thank you to József Poór!” – Áron Méder, circumnavigating solo sailor, – review, VTV Stúdió, 2011, ; – “… On the back of the water, on the shoulders of the winds, or Like birds is a huge work, a life’s work, one could say…, it is not an easy read, but if we come to terms with the world of thought in the volume, we can tune in and receive the message of distances and spiritual depths, and perhaps a few readers, hearing the sound of the sirens, will be seduced themselves” – István Méder, sailing instructor, sea and ocean sailor – review, VTV Stúdió, 2017 ; ; Translation activity ; Guláš-Leščinský – History of sailing ships – Madách – 1984