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George Szirtes

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George Szirtes is a British poet and translator from the Hungarian language into English. Originally from Hungary, he has lived in the United Kingdom for most of his life after coming to the country as a refugee at the age of eight. Szirtes was a judge for the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize.

Books

Satantango
Satantango
László Krasznahorkai, George Szirtes
Satantango
Satantango
László Krasznahorkai, George Szirtes
Satantango
Satantango
László Krasznahorkai, George Szirtes
The Bill
The Bill
László Krasznahorkai, George Szirtes
Singapore Notebook & Blessed Isle
Singapore Notebook & Blessed Isle
George Szirtes
The Photographer at Sixteen
The Photographer at Sixteen
George Szirtes
George Szirtes, Sándor Márai
Esther's Inheritance
Esther's Inheritance
George Szirtes, Sándor Márai
Esther's Inheritance
Esther's Inheritance
George Szirtes, Sandor Marai
In Their Own Words
In Their Own Words
George Szirtes, Helen Ivory
The Red All Over Riddle Book
The Red All Over Riddle Book
George Szirtes
Casanova in Bolzano
Casanova in Bolzano
George Szirtes, Sándor Márai
War & War
War & War
László Krasznahorkai, George Szirtes
An English Apocalypse
An English Apocalypse
George Szirtes
The Budapest File
The Budapest File
George Szirtes
Eyewitness
Eyewitness
George Szirtes, Colin Ford, Péter Baki
Portrait of My Father in an English Landscape
Portrait of My Father in an English Landscape
George Szirtes
The Photographer at Sixteen
The Photographer at Sixteen
George Szirtes
The Burning of the Books and Other Poems
The Burning of the Books and Other Poems
George Szirtes
Fifty Six
Fifty Six
George Szirtes, Carol Watts
An Island of Sound
An Island of Sound
George Szirtes

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