LITERARY TRANSLATORS – THE GREAT MASTERS OF LINGUAL, CULTURAL AND NATIONAL IDENTITY

Abstract

The paper deals with the results of the research work concerning the ‘Hungarian Literary Translation Encyclopaedia 1945–2010’. The work started in 2011; the editors are Andrea Papp, Judit Vihar and myself. Our task is to collect data on Hungarian literary translators living as ethnic minorities outside Hungary. Last year I presented some of the compiled data on literary translators living in Vojvodina. This year I am presenting some further data gathered from the material provided by the Department of Hungarian Language and Literature and the bibliography compiled by Piroska S. Csáky‘The Yugoslav Hungarian book (1945–1970)’. I also write about a very important writer, trtanslator and organizer of literary life, Zoltán Csuka and the Nándor Gion Literary Translation Award.