Gábor Lanczkor - Guest Editor for ISSUE XXVII
Born 22nd February,1981 in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, Gábor Lanczkor did his PhD in Ekphrasis in 20th century Hungarian literature which was published in Hungarian in 2016 Before this he pursued Post gradual studies at SZTE-Faculty of Arts, Szeged, Hungary and was educated at ELTE-Faculty of Arts, Budapest, Hungary.
Gábor is an Independent scholar, writer and was a Lecturer at SZTE-Faculty of Arts from 2008-2012.
His Prizes and Scholarships include Gérecz Attila-prize (for the best first published poetry book of the year – A tiszta ész) in 2006 , Quasimodo Memorial Prize in 2015, József Attila-prize in 2016, Füst Milán-prize in 2016 and many others.
His collections in English include Sound Odyssey (Selected Poems), Poetrywala, Mumbai, 2016. He has authored eleven books and has been a guest lecturer at Ambedkar University, Delhi University, Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre.
Published books:
2016 Apás szülés (Birth with Daddy, novel) Libri-Jelenkor, Budapest
2016 Nem élhetsz odabenn (You Can’t Live in there, studies), Fisz, Budapest
2016 Gúfó a fák ünnepén (Gúfó on Feast of the Trees, children’s book), Csimota, Budapest
2016 Gúfó és a gombák (Gúfó and the Mushrooms, children’s book), Csimota, Budapest
2014 Folyamisten (Rivergod, novel) Libri, Budapest
2011 Egy magyar regény (A Hungarian Novel, novel, under the pseudonym Dávid Barna), Libri, Budapest
2011 Hétsarkúkönyv (Seven-Cornered Book, poems), Kalligram, Bratislava
2010 A mindennapit ma (Our Daily Today, novel), Kalligram, Bratislava
2008 Vissza Londonba (Back to London, poems), Kalligram, Bratislava
2007 Fehér Daloskönyv (White Songbook, poems), L’Harmattan, Budapest
2005 A tiszta ész (The Pure Reason, poems), JAK-L’Harmattan, Budapest
In India:
Private visits in 2008, 2009, 2010.
- 2016. Delhi: Guest lecturer at Ambedkar University, Delhi University, Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre
- 2017. Delhi: Guest lecturer at Ambedkar University, Delhi University, Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, India International Centre
