Attila Bartis (born 1968) is a Romanian-born Hungarian writer,
photographer, dramatist and journalist. He received the Attila József
Prize in 2005. His books have been translated into over 20 different
languages.[1][2] In 2001, he published his second novel, Tranquility,
which was adapted into film in 2008. In 2017, he became a member of
the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.Attila Bartis was born
in 1968 in Târgu Mureș, in the Transylvania region of Romania. His
parents were Ferenc Bartis [hu] (1936â€"2006) and Margit Gherasim.
Ferenc, his father, was a writer, poet and journalist. His family were
part of the persecuted Hungarian minority of Romania. Following the
Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Ferenc was imprisoned in Gherla Prison
but was given amnesty by Nicolae Ceaușescu seven years later and
released. Attila grew up drawing, painting, photographing and writing
poems and short stories. His mother, who played the violin, died in
the summer of 1983. In 1984, sixteen-year-old Attila and his father
were stripped of their Romanian citizenship and presented with
stateless passports, and advised to leave for Hungary. Attila moved
with his father to Budapest. Attila graduated from a gymnasium in
Pest. Between 1990 and 1991, he studied photography at the Bálint
György ÚjságÃró Iskola [hu] of the Magyar ÚjságÃrók Országos
Szövetsége [hu] (MÚOSZ). He worked as a photographer and in a used
bookstore.[3][4][5][6][7]In 1995, at the age of twenty-seven, he
published his debut novel, A séta. In 1998, his debut short story
collection, A kéklÅ' pára, was published. Bartis is perhaps best
known for his novel Tranquility (Hungarian: A nyugalom), which was
published in 2001. Tranquility was adapted into film, titled Nyugalom
(2008). The film was directed by Róbert Alföldi and stars Dorottya
Udvaros, Zalán Makranczi, Dorka Gryllus and Judit Hernádi.[4]
Tranquility was translated into English by Imre Goldstein in 2008. It
was the first time his work had been translated into English.[8]
Goldstein's translation won the Best Translated Book Award (2009).[9]
photographer, dramatist and journalist. He received the Attila József
Prize in 2005. His books have been translated into over 20 different
languages.[1][2] In 2001, he published his second novel, Tranquility,
which was adapted into film in 2008. In 2017, he became a member of
the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.Attila Bartis was born
in 1968 in Târgu Mureș, in the Transylvania region of Romania. His
parents were Ferenc Bartis [hu] (1936â€"2006) and Margit Gherasim.
Ferenc, his father, was a writer, poet and journalist. His family were
part of the persecuted Hungarian minority of Romania. Following the
Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Ferenc was imprisoned in Gherla Prison
but was given amnesty by Nicolae Ceaușescu seven years later and
released. Attila grew up drawing, painting, photographing and writing
poems and short stories. His mother, who played the violin, died in
the summer of 1983. In 1984, sixteen-year-old Attila and his father
were stripped of their Romanian citizenship and presented with
stateless passports, and advised to leave for Hungary. Attila moved
with his father to Budapest. Attila graduated from a gymnasium in
Pest. Between 1990 and 1991, he studied photography at the Bálint
György ÚjságÃró Iskola [hu] of the Magyar ÚjságÃrók Országos
Szövetsége [hu] (MÚOSZ). He worked as a photographer and in a used
bookstore.[3][4][5][6][7]In 1995, at the age of twenty-seven, he
published his debut novel, A séta. In 1998, his debut short story
collection, A kéklÅ' pára, was published. Bartis is perhaps best
known for his novel Tranquility (Hungarian: A nyugalom), which was
published in 2001. Tranquility was adapted into film, titled Nyugalom
(2008). The film was directed by Róbert Alföldi and stars Dorottya
Udvaros, Zalán Makranczi, Dorka Gryllus and Judit Hernádi.[4]
Tranquility was translated into English by Imre Goldstein in 2008. It
was the first time his work had been translated into English.[8]
Goldstein's translation won the Best Translated Book Award (2009).[9]
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