Mandics, born in Timisoara, Romania, in 1943, was the Hungarian editor of the Facl Publishing House in the 70s and also worked for the paper New Word. He wrote a trilogy of novels about the fall of communism in Romania and has published several volumes of poetry. In the 90s, he moved to Hungary, where he lives with his wife, the Polish translator Gizella Csisztay.
World Poetry Day was started by the Polish-Hungarian poet and translator Alexander Nawrocki, who is editor-in-chief of the literary journal Poezja Dzisiaj.
The Hungarian guest at last year's World Poetry Day was the translator Géza Cséby.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI) / Photo: Demokrata.hu
