Ágnes Gergely

Ágnes Gergely (b. 1933) is one of the most prominent and accomplished Hungarian poets of the 20th century and equally the post-1989 period. She has published seventeen volumes of poetry, and thirteen volumes of memoirs and essays. Her work has been recognized with many prizes. A visitor to the Iowa Writer’s Workshop in the 1970s, she is also a prolific and outstanding translator of English literature.