Europe

Ottó Orbán

1978

I have always backed off from the word.
In the Thirties Europe meant French. But was it only then? Not in earlier centuries? A bloody lesson learned that Europe was Balmazújváros as well as Notre Dame!
But in America I was European. And not because of megalopolis the size of regions, and so on. The difference was never size. My time reared us…
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Ottó Orbán

1936–2002

Ottó Orbán, a Hungarian poet and essayist, wrote nearly twenty books of verse, a travelogue on India, and translations of English and American poetry. His works describe war, persecution, and his orphanhood. Orbán twice received the Attila József Prize, as well as the Robert Graves Prize and the Kossuth Prize.

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