Ágnes Rapai


The native form of this personal name is Rapai Ágnes. This article uses the Western name order.
Ágnes Rapai is a Hungarian poet, writer, and translator.

Biography

Rapai spent her childhood in Budapest, Szekszárd, and Pécs. She graduated from the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University where she studied dramaturgy in 1975. Rapai has been a freelance poet and writer since 1989.
Since 2007, Rapai has been a board member of ARTISJUS. She is also a member of the Belletrist Association, the Hungarian National Association of Creative Artists, and the Hungarian PEN Club.

Collections

Anthologies

Awards

In 1995, Rapai received the Rosenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies Award. She was also awarded by the Hungarian Art Fund in 1996, and took the János Arany Prize in 1999.

Activities

In 1997, Rapai took part in the International Poetry Festival in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. In 1999, Hungary was the guest of honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Her second collection of poems in German was published for this occasion.
In 2007, Rapai participated in the ninth annual Prague International Poetry Days.

Reviews

Several publications have reviewed works by Rapai: