“...ki biztos voltál, súlyos, mint a zsoltár, s szép, mint a fény és oly szép, mint az árnyék, s kihez vakon, némán is eltalálnék...” ― Miklós Radnóti

Mathew Christodoulous, Tree Kaleidoscope

“The road whinnies and rears up. The sky gallops.

You are permanent within me in this chaos.

Somewhere deep in my mind you shine forever, without

moving, silent, like the angel awed by death,

or like the insect burying itself 

in the rotted heart of a tree.” 

― Miklos Radnoti, Clouded Sky

In tribute to Miklós Radnóti who is considered one of the greatest Hungarian poets of the 20th century. He was born today 5.05. 1909 in Budapest to Jewish parents. After a stint in his uncle’s textile business, he turned to literature. Inspired by the activities of the Czech and Hungarian avant-gardes, Radnóti worked for a number of little magazines in Budapest, and his early poetry is influenced by avant-garde techniques.

During World War II, he was drafted into forced labor because of his Jewish heritage.Weakened from hunger and torture, Radnóti collapsed and was shot. His body was dumped into a mass grave. Upon exhumation of the grave a year later, a small notebook containing his final poems was discovered. Radnóti’s collected poetry, including his final poems, was published as Tajtékos ég (1946; translated into English as Clouded Sky, 1986). Radnóti is recognized as one of the most important poetic witnesses to the Holocaust, and his work has been translated widely and continuously. 

for more pls read:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/miklos-radnoti
https://www.poemhunter.com/miklos-radnoti/

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