John Batki is an American short story writer, poet, and translator.

John Batki
Born1942
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
OccupationShort Story Writer

Poet

Translator

Life

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Batki was born in Hungary in 1942, and has been living in the United States since 1957.[1] He has taught at Harvard University.[2]

Batki's work has appeared in The New Yorker.[3]

He has collected weavings and textiles since 1975.[4][5]

Awards

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  • 1972 O. Henry Award
  • 1975 MacDowell Fellowship
  • 1993 Fulbright Fellowship
  • 1995-6 Fellow, Collegium Budapest Institute for Advanced Study
  • 2003 Translation Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Works

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Stories

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  • Never Touch a Butterfly | The New Yorker | May 1970
  • Strange-Dreaming Charlie... | The New Yorker | 1971
  • This Life in Green | The New Yorker | 1972
  • At the National Festival | FICTION | 1972

Essays

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  • "Alvinczi de Genere Szemere". The Hungarian Quarterly. XLIX (192). Winter 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  • And Not a Soul in the Streets | www.hlo.hu

Poetry

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  • The Mad Shoemaker ; poems. Iowa: Toothpaste Press. 1973.
  • Falling Upwards; poems. Cambridge, Mass.: Dolphin Editions. 1976.

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ "The Hungarian Quarterly, VOLUME XLIX * No. 192 * Winter 2008". Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  2. ^ "John Batki | Penguin Random House".
  3. ^ "Search : The New Yorker". www.newyorker.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07.
  4. ^ "rugrabbit.com | Antique Rugs and Carpets | Asian Art | Tribal Art". www.rugrabbit.com. Retrieved 2024-03-19.
  5. ^ "John Batki". Archived from the original on 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2021-10-13.