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Szirtes, George, 1948- (poet and translator)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1948-

Biography

The poet and translator George [Gyorgy] Gabor Nicholas Szirtes was born in Budapest on 29 November 1948 and came to England after the revolution of 1956. Between 1960 and 1973 he was educated at Kingsbury County Grammar School, the Harrow School of Art, Leeds College of Art, and Goldsmiths' College, London. He worked as a schoolteacher, and from 1975 to 1987 was Head of Art first at Hitchin Girls School and then at St Christopher School, Letchworth. From 1987 he worked as a freelance writer and translator, and among other posts held lecturing positions at Norwich School of Art and Design and the University of East Anglia. A selection of Szirtes's work appeared in Poetry Introduction 4 (Faber and Faber, 1978), and he has published numerous volumes of poetry, principally with Secker and Warburg, Oxford University Press, and Bloodaxe Books. Szirtes made a first return to Hungary in 1984 and has revisited the country many times subsequently; he has published numerous translations into English of Hungarian verse and prose. George Szirtes and the artist Clarissa Upchurch were married in 1970. Upchurch was born in China and in childhood moved between England and Malaysia. She was trained as an artist at Sheffield, Harrow and Norwich Schools of Art. Szirtes and Upchurch founded the Starwheel Press, for the production of portfolios of poems and etchings, in 1976.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

 File

12 letters and a Christmas card from George Szirtes; Hitchin, Budapest and Wymondham, 31 Aug. 1983-Dec. 1998 (two letters undated)

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9716/14/184-197
Scope and Contents

With a carbon copy of a letter from Gömöri to Szirtes, 7 Aug. 1991.

Dates: 31 Aug. 1983-Dec. 1998 (two letters undated)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access.
 File

Letters from George Szirtes to Gömöri, 1993-27 June 1996 (the year of the letter to Astley is supplied by Gömöri)

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9716/9/1
Scope and Contents

With 1 letter from Szirtes to Neil Astley, and a list by Szirtes of 'Addresses for potential reviewers & well-wishers etc.'

Dates: 1993-27 June 1996 (the year of the letter to Astley is supplied by Gömöri)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access.
 Fonds

Papers of George Szirtes

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9703
Scope and Contents

Notebooks, literary and critical texts, and correspondence.

Dates: 1968-2011
Conditions Governing Access: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access.

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