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contemporary Hungarian novelist.

===BIOGRAPHY===

1959: born in [[Debrecen]], [[Hungary]].

1982-1988: takes university courses in [[Debrecen]], [[Budapest]], and [[München]].

1988: graduates from [[Eötvös Loránd University]] (ELTE) with degrees in Hungarian language/literature and Aesthetics.

1991: earns his doctoral degree at ELTE, with a dissertation entitled ”Hermann Hesse világképe” (”The World View of Hermann Hesse”).

1988-1994: teaches literature and aesthetics in secondary schools for the arts in Budapest.

1990-1992: instructor of music aesthetics at the Department of Cultural History, ELTE.

2001: makes his remarks on ”The Aim of Literature is to Combat Stupidity” in Lahti International Writers’ Reunion [http://www.mukkula.org/site/].

2002: gives a reading of his first novel at the [[University of California]] (Riverside).

2003: gives a joint reading with translator Paul Olchváry of his two works at [[Columbia University]].

2000-2005: works on ”A kilencedik” (”The Ninth”) at artist retreats in the United States ([[The MacDowell Colony]], [[Yaddo]] Artists’ Community, The Edward F. Albee Foundation ‘The Barn’, Espy Foundation, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts).

===WORKS===

====Novels====

”Az élősködő” (”The Parasite”)

”Bagatell” (”Bagatelle”)

”A kilencedik” (”The Ninth”)

====Essays====

”The Aim of Literature is to Combat Stupidity”

”A zene szerepe Hermann Hesse írói világában” (”The Role of Music in the Writings of Hermann Hesse”). In: Literatura, 1990/3.

====Dissertation====

”Hermann Hesse világképe” (”The Worldview of Hermann Hesse”)

===AWARDS===

2001: Sándor Márai Prize

2006: Tibor Déry Prize

===BIBLIOGRAPHY===

====Books in Hungarian====

Barnás, Ferenc: ”A kilencedik”, (”The Ninth”), novel, Budapest. Magvető [http://www.magveto.hu/], 2006.

Barnás, Ferenc: ”Bagatell”, (”Bagatelle”), novel, Bratislava-Budapest, Kalligram [http://www.kalligram.com/], 2000.

Barnás, Ferenc: ”Az élősködő”, (”The Parasite”), novel, Bratislava, Kalligram [http://www.kalligram.com/], 1997.

====Books in English====

Ferenc Barnás: ”The Ninth” / Paul Olchváry [http://www.olchvary.extra.hu/] / Chicago: [[Northwestern University Press]], 2009. Forthcoming.

====Excerpts in Hungarian language journals====

February 2006: HOLMI [http://www.holmi.org/](Budapest). ”három”. Third chapter of ”A kilencedik” (”The Ninth”).

February 2006: 2000 [http://www.ketezer.hu/](Budapest). kettő. Second chapter of ”A kilencedik” (”The Ninth”).

May 1997: Kalligram [http://www.kalligram.com/](Bratislava). Részlet. Fifth chapter of ”Az élősködő” (”The Parasite”).

====Excerpts in English language journals====

Fall 2007: The Literary Review [http://www.theliteraryreview.org/](Madison, New Jersey). Opening chapter of ”The Ninth” (”A kilencedik”). Paul Olchváry.

Fall 2006: Absinthe: The New European Writing [http://www.absinthenew.com/](Detroit, Michigan). Second chapter of ”The Parasite” (”Az élősködő”). Paul Olchváry.

Fall 2003: turnrow [http://turnrow.ulm.edu/](Monroe, Louisiana). First chapter of ”The Parasite” (”Az élősködő”). Paul Olchváry.

Summer 2001: Hungarian Quarterly [http://www.hungarianquarterly.com/](Budapest, Hungary). First chapter of ”The Parasite” (”Az élősködő”). Paul Olchváry.

1999: Budapest Link, an Internet publication, 1999. Excerpts from the first chapter of ”The Parasite” (”Az élősködő”). Paul Olchváry.

===EXTERNAL LINKS===

Ferenc Barnás’ homepage [http://ferencbarnas.com]

HUNLIT Hungarian Literature Online
[http://www.hunlit.hu/]