Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award
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The Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award is a European award for literature presented in Budapest since 1997. The native form of this name is Balassi Bálint-emlékkard (Balassi Bálint-emlékkard). This award commemorates the 16th century Hungarian poet Bálint Balassi. The memorial sword is presented annually to an outstanding Hungarian poet, and to a foreign poet for excellence in translation of Hungarian literature, including the works of Balassi. The sword itself is a replica of those sabres that the 16th century Hungarian cavalry wore during the sieges of fortresses. They are the work of a contemporary swordsmith. This award is presented each year on Bálint's (Valentine's) Day, February 14, in the city of Buda. The celebration venue is traditionally the Hotel Gellért.[1]
The advisory board
[edit]The founder of the new award is Pal Molnar journalist,[2] his fellows are Gabriella Lőcsei journalist, József Zelnik writer[3] and András Rubovszky hotelier. In addition, all past award winners automatically become board members, so the literary profession makes up the majority.
Global focus
[edit]In the beginning only Hungarian poets received the Balassi sword, but since 2002, each year, a foreign literary translator has also been recognized. Since then the board has viewed Balassi's sword as a literary prize of European scope. But since then it has been received by Asian and American poets as well, making it an award of global scope.
Balassi Mass
[edit]Since 2008, the Balint Balassi Memorial Swords have been blessed during a Balassi Mass[4] held a few days before the award ceremony. On January 25, 2013, in the presence of some three hundred Hungarians, Bishop Laszlo Kiss-Rigo blessed the two swords during a Mass celebrated in Saint Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna.
The prize itself
[edit]In addition to the sharp, dangerous weapon – which is made by József Fazekas armourer[5] – the winners receive a diploma, a limited-edition porcelain statue from the famous Herend manufacture[6] and a bottle of wine. The particular wine is selected at a national tasting competition in the preceding year, and as a result this champion wine is entitled to don the “Balassi's sword” label.
Past recipients
[edit]- 1997 Bálint Tóth[7]
- 1998 Kornél Döbrentei and Albert Wass
- 1999 Gáspár Nagy
- 2000 Ferenc Buda[8] and Attila Gérecz (posthumously)
- 2001 József Utassy[9]
- 2002 Árpád Farkas and, for translation, Ernesto Rodrigues (Lisbon,
Portugal)
- 2003 Benedek Kiss and, for translation, Teresa Worowska (Warsaw,
Poland)
- 2004 László Vári Fábián and, for translation, Armando Nuzzo[10] (Rome,
Italy)
- 2005 István Ferenczes[11] and, for translation, Tuomo Lahdelma[12] (Jyväskylä,
Finland)
- 2006 Sándor Csoóri and, for translation, Lucie Szymanowska (Prague,
Czech Republic)
- 2007 János Csokits[13] and, for translation, Dursun Ayan[14] (Ankara,
Turkey)
- 2008 Simon Serfőző and, for translation, Yuri Gusev (Moscow,
Russia)
- 2009 István Tari[15] and, for translation, Ganbold Daváhügijn[16] (Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia)
- 2010 István Ágh[17] and, for translation, John Ridland[18] (Santa Barbara,
United States)
- 2011 Menyhért Tamás and, for translation, Ivan Canev (Sofia,
Bulgaria)
- 2012 József Tornai and, for translation, Gabriel Zanmaku Olembe (Kinshasa,
Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- 2013 Márton Kalász and, for translation, Jean-Luc Moreau (Paris,
France)
- 2014 Ferenc Kulcsár and, for translation, Sander Liivak (Rakvere,
Estonia)
- 2015 Anna Kiss and, for translation, Muzaffar Dzasokhov (Vladikavkaz, Ossetia)
- 2016 Sándor Agócs and, for translation, Harada Kiyomi (Tokyo,
Japan)
- 2017 János Szikra and, for translation, Nelson Ascher (São Paulo,
Brasil)
- 2018 László Lövétei Lázár and, for translation, Marin Georgiev (Sofia,
Bulgaria)
- 2019 Gábor Nagy and, for translation, Paskal Gilevski (Skopje,
North Macedonia)
- 2020 Noémi László and, for translation, Vahram Martirosyan (Yerevan,
Armenia)
- 2021 László Kürti and, for translation, Ross Gillett (Melbourne,
Australia)
- 2022 Lajos Bence and, for translation, Elena Lavinia Dumitru (Roma,
Romania)
- 2023 Zalán Tibor and, for translation, Peter V. Czipott (San Diego,
United States)
References
[edit]- ^ Danubius Hotel Gellért (2014-08-01). "Danubius Hotel Gellért, Budapest". Danubiushotels.com. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ^ "MolnarPal". Molnarpal.hu. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ^ "Magyar Művészeti Akadémia tagjainak adatlapja". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ "Kathpress | Katholische Presseagentur Österreich". Kathweb.at. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
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- ^ "Herend – Herend in the Castle". Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ "A magyar irodalom története 1945–1975 / TÓTH BÁLINT (1929)". Mek.niif.hu. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ^ "Magyar Művészeti Akadémia tagjainak adatlapja". Archived from the original on 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ "Utassy József | Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum". Pim.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ^ "It works!". Olasz.btk.ppke.hu. Retrieved 2016-08-27.[permanent dead link]
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- ^ "Humanistinen tiedekunta". Jyu.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2016-08-27.
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- ^ "Ganbold". Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ "Ágh István | Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum". Pim.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ^ "UCSB Department of English". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
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- Lövétei kapta a legrangosabb magyar irodalmi díjat
- Huszonharmadszor adták át a Molnár Pál által alapított díjat
- Í legrangosabb magyar irodalmi díj körmendi költőé lett
- [4] Archived 2021-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
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External links
[edit]- Official website
- Award celebration, 2010. (video)
- Award celebration, 2009
- Award celebration, 2008
- Award celebration, 2007
- Award celebration, 2007
- AllThatIsHungarian minden-ami-magyar.hu
- tertia.hu
- kulturport.hu
- mno.hu Archived 2011-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
- kulturport.hu
- munder.wordpress.com
- demokrata.hu
- musorujsag.mno.hu
- litera.hu
- Osset translator
- Official page