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Commemorator of the concentration camps, a major poetic force in Hungary.  Suppressed his homosexuality.
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Commemorator of the concentration camps, a major poetic force in Hungary.  Awarded the Baumgarten Prize for his first collection of poetry, 'Trapeze and Bars'.  Suppressed his homosexuality due to his Catholic religion.

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Janos Pilinszky

Country

Hungary

Birth - Death

1921 - 1981

Occupation

Poet

Notable Achievements

Description

Commemorator of the concentration camps, a major poetic force in Hungary. Awarded the Baumgarten Prize for his first collection of poetry, 'Trapeze and Bars'. Suppressed his homosexuality due to his Catholic religion.