Gàbor Schein

Born 1969 in Budapest.

Studied German and Hungarian literature in Budapest and obtained Ph.D. in Hungarian literature in 1997.

Since 1998 he has been curator of the Hungarian Translating House in Liptàk Castle. He is presently a lecturer for literature at the Eötvös-Lóránd University of Budapest and works as an editor for various Hungarian literary magazines.

Publications include: “Szavak emlékezete” (poems, 1991), “Cave canem” (poems, 1993) “Nemes Nagy Ágnes költészetérõl” (monograph, 1995) “Elhangolás” (poems, 1996), “Poétikai kísérlet az Újhold költészetében” (monograph, 1997), “Irijám és Jonibe” (poems, 1998) “Hosszú menet a küszöbön (studies, 2000), “Üveghal” (poems, 2000).

Selected awards: 1996 Soros-György-Scholarship, 1998 Raduóti-Miklós-Prize and 2001 Pulitzer Prize.

Gàbor Schein is currently working on translation of a collection of Paul Celan poems in Hungarian.