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==FERENC BARNÁS==
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/]