Gyorgy Faludy's Villon Ballads by Kovacs, Ivan

Gyorgy Faludy's Villon Ballads (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781975831677)

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Format: Paperback
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Gyorgy Faludy's Villon Ballads by Kovacs, Ivan

Gyorgy Faludy's Villon Ballads

$15.00
Gyorgy Faludy's Villon Ballads by Kovacs, Ivan

Gyorgy Faludy's Villon Ballads

$15.00
Format: Paperback
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François Villon's poetic genius remains undisputed, and to this day he is considered one of the most important poets of medieval times. He has been translated into all major languages with varying success, and the critic György Bálint describes his tone as 'raw' and his words as 'compact, hard and folksy in a basic and robust way', thus not easy to translate. György Faludy, one of several Hungarian translators, threw all conventions to the wind, and changed Villon's tone to what can only be described as 'talkative, smooth, emotional and piquant." Yet Faludy maintained that the spirit of Villon and his age have been retained. Although many English translations of Villon have been published, Faludy's unique version in English is now made available in the present translation by Iván Kovács, who is also known for having translated Attila József's Suburban Night and other Poems.

Author: Ivan Kovacs,Gyorgy Faludy
ISBN-10: 1975831675
ISBN-13: 9781975831677
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 09/18/2017
Pages: 118
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.25d
By Ivan Kovacs
By Ivan Kovacs
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György Faludy (1910 - 2006) was a Hungarian writer, poet and translator. His first major breakthrough came in 1937 when he published his own unique version of François Villon's ballads. His translations of Villon are unlike anything attempted before, which in his own words he called 'rewritings' or 'reinterpretations'. Although he had little regard for either the form or content of the originals, he assured his readers that he had captured the spirit of Villon and his age. Faludy had huge public acclaim, and when the 'rewritings' were published only his harsher critics took him to task, saying that 'they are not ballads but modern chansons intended for cabaret, with literary pretensions'. The Villon ballads were followed by Faludy's own poems, as well as prose writings such as My Happy Days in Hell and Erasmus of Rotterdam, both available in English translation.

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