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Varga Zoltán

Varga Zoltán

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4 July 1936, Kikinda - 24 April 2000, Senta

Biography

Source of the photo: Híd. 2000/3–4.

He completed elementary school (privately) in Nagykikinda. At the age of three, he contracted polio and became immobile. He is featured in the drama anthology Színművek (1971).

Literature about the creator

Moments of Analysis
(Híd. 1964/2.)
Author: Bori Imre
The Feigned Life
(7 Nap. 1964. February 21.)
Author: Dési Ábel
Initial Wanderings. In. Symposion. February 27, 1964.
Author: Végel László
At the Dead Ends of Lives
(Dolgozók. April 3, 1964.)
Author: Bori Imre
A Timid Excursion
(Új Symposion. 1965/13.)
Author: Végel László
The Book of Experimentation
(Magyar Szó. 1965. December 19.)
Author: Gerold László
The Triumph of the Novella and Details
(Híd. 1966/2.)
Author: Bori Imre
The Poison-Mixing Tightrope Walker
(Új Symposion. 1967/26–27.)
Author: Gerold László
The Fall as an Aesthetic Category
(Új Symposion. 1967/26–27.)
Author: Podolszki József
Voltaire in Kikinda. (About Zoltán Varga's short stories). In. Magyar Műhely. 1968/30.
Author: Márton László
Reader in the waiting room. In. Magyar Szó. July 9, 1968.
Author: Burány Nándor
At the End of the Road
(Új Symposion. 1968/41.)
Author: Gerold László
Towards the Boundaries of Ars Poetica and Consistency
(Képes Ifjúság. November 27, 1968.)
Author: Podolszki József
The Limits of the Parable
(Képes Ifjúság. November 27, 1968.)
Author: Vajda Gábor
The Eleventh Novel
(Magyar Szó. 1970. August 15.)
Author: Bori Imre
The Excitement of Theatre Creation
(Magyar Szó. 10 December 1970.)
Author: Gerold László
Playwriting Competition 1970.
(Új Symposion. 1971/70.)
Author: Gerold László
The Disciple
(Magyar Szó. August 14, 1971.)
Author: Bori Imre
The Role in Zoltán Varga's Short Stories
(Új Symposion. 1972/82.)
Author: Bognár Antal
Heroes, Fates, Confessions (Zoltán Varga: The Rain Stops)
(Üzenet. 1972/5.)
Author: Varga István
Zoltán Varga
(7 Nap. October 6, 1972.)
Author: Fehér Ferenc
The Reader's Notes
(Magyar Szó. December 9, 1972.)
Author: Bori Imre
Zoltán Varga: The Rain Stops. In. Alföld. 1973/4.
Author: Benkő Ákos
Analytical Moments. In. Imre Bori: Chapters from the Natural History of Our Literature. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1973.
Author: Bori Imre
The Triumph of the Novella and Details. In. Imre Bori: Chapters from the Natural History of Our Literature. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1973.
Author: Bori Imre
The Disciple. In. Imre Bori: Chapters from the Natural History of Our Literature. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1973.
Author: Bori Imre
On the Path of Unfolding (Zoltán Varga: Escape)
(Üzenet. 1974/1.)
Author: Varga István
Oh, that criticism...
(Magyar Szó. September 13, 1975.)
Author: Bányai János
Editorial commentary
(Híd. 1976/9.)
Author: Bányai János
Oh, that criticism. In. János Bányai: Book and Criticism. 2. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1977.
Author: Bányai János
The Fate of Repetitions
(Magyar Szó. March 31, 1979.)
Author: Vajda Gábor
How a Thesis Becomes Movement (Zoltán Varga: Silence)
(Híd. 1979/4.)
Author: Bányai János
Literature and History
(Híd. 1979/4.)
Author: Varga István
Parables on Power
(Dolgozók. April 20, 1979.)
Author: Juhász Géza
The Most Beautiful Month of Our Literature
(Új Symposion. 1979/169–170.)
Author: Utasi Csaba
Coherent Epic Worldview
(Képes Ifjúság. May 30, 1979.)
Author: Toldi Éva
Silence. In. Magyar Nemzet. September 30, 1979.
Author: Taxner-Tóth Ernő
The Disciple
(Magyar Szó. December 30, 1979.)
Author: Gerold László
Zoltán Varga: Silence. In. Alföld. 1979/12.
Author: Benkő Ákos
Intellectual Parables (The Rain Stops)
(Zoltán Dér: Confrontations. Critiques, studies. Veljko Vlahović Workers' University, Subotica, 1979.)
Author: Dér Zoltán
Authentic Judgment (Periscope)
(Zoltán Dér: Confrontations. Critiques, studies. Veljko Vlahović Workers' University, Subotica, 1979.)
Author: Dér Zoltán
Miracles and Weekdays
(Magyar Szó. August 21, 1980.)
Author: Szűcs Imre
Mocking Laughter
(Magyar Szó. September 6, 1980.)
Author: Vajda Gábor
The Drama of Thought (Zoltán Varga: Silence; Cricket in the Anthill)
(Üzenet. 1980/10.)
Author: Vajda Gábor
Revenge on Life (Zoltán Varga: Cricket in the Anthill)
(Híd. 1980/10.)
Author: Vajda Gábor
What Preceded Silence (Zoltán Varga: Cricket in the Ant Colony)
(Híd. 1980/11.)
Author: Varga István
Fairy Tale Corrections and Other Short Stories
(Új Symposion. 1981/189–190.)
Author: Faragó Kornélia
Tales for Adults
(7 Nap. January 16, 1981.)
Author: Dér Zoltán
In Praise of the Understanding Mediator (Zoltán Varga: Gozba — Ćutanje)
(Üzenet. 1981/3.)
Author: Varga István
Tales of His Days
(Új Symposion. 1981/193.)
Author: Kisimre Ágota
The Undertaken Risk
(7 Nap. 1981. August 21.)
Author: Podolszki József
The most beautiful month of our literature. In. Csaba Utasi: If it is proper to march. Critiques, studies. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1982.
Author: Utasi Csaba
On the Nature of Power (Zoltán Varga: Silence). In. Géza Juhász: Our Past and Present in Literature. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1983.
Author: Varga Zoltán
The Drama of Thought. In. Gábor Vajda: Sources and Shores. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1983.
Author: Vajda Gábor
To be hungry: to live (Zoltán Varga: Tantalus)
(Híd. 1984/1.)
Author: Hódi Éva
The Great Adventure of Reason (Zoltán Varga: Farewell to Utopia)
(Üzenet. 1984/12.)
Author: Varga István
Warrior Stance
(Magyar Szó. December 15, 1984.)
Author: Fekete J. József
Zoltán Varga: Cricket in the Ant Colony. In. Forrás. 1985/5.
Author: Füzi László
Madách Commentaries; Equus; Farewell
(Híd. 1985/11.)
Author: Gerold László
The Disciple's Farewell
(Új Symposion. 1985/239–240.)
Author: H. Engler Éva
In Search of the Human Essence
(Magyar Szó. May 10, 1986.)
Author: Vajda Gábor
Attracted by Scholarship (The Essayist Zoltán Varga)
(Híd. 1986/7–8.)
Author: Hódi Éva
Spiritual Realism (Zoltán Varga: The Disciple)
(Üzenet. 1986/7–8.)
Author: Vajda Gábor
Air Bath (Zoltán Varga: Showdown)
(Híd. 1987/6.)
Author: Hász-Fehér Katalin
Real or Unreal (Zoltán Varga: Showdown)
(Híd. 1987/6.)
Author: Szeli István
Humanity – on a pharmacist's scale
(Magyar Szó. June 27, 1987.)
Author: Vajda Gábor
The Report of the Soul-Diver (Zoltán Varga: Reckoning)
(Üzenet. 1987/7–8.)
Author: Varga István
Zoltán Varga: Parable on Ethics and Humanism. In. István Bosnyák: Work and Conduct. Essays, Commentaries. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1987.
Author: Bosnyák István
Zoltán Varga: Showdown. In. Forrás. 1988/5.
Author: Botlik József
Pretense (Gyula Gobby Fehér: Interrogation; Zoltán Varga: The Disciple)
(Híd. 1989/7–8.)
Author: P. Müller Péter
Unwritten Stories (Zoltán Varga: Escape)
(Üzenet. 1990/10.)
Author: Varga István
Early Enlightenment
(7 Nap. 9 November 1990.)
Author: Vajda Gábor
Shall We Escape? Let's Write! (Zoltán Varga: Escape; Csaba Lászlóffy: The Escape)
(Híd. 1990/12.)
Author: Gerold László
Possible Answers
(Magyar Szó. June 1, 1991.)
Author: Mák Ferenc
The Chief's Will (Zoltán Varga: Indian Novel)
(Híd. 1992/7–8.)
Author: Gerold László
What Lies Behind the Silence
(Magyar Szó. August 1, 1992.)
Author: P. Nagy István
America Parallels (On two Vojvodina novels with American themes: Károly Dudás: Cage Ball; Zoltán Varga: Indian Novel)
(Híd. 1992/11–12.)
Author: Toldi Éva
The Law of Being of Counter-Selection. Zoltán Varga: Indian Novel
(Tiszatáj. 1993/5.)
Author: Vajda Gábor
An Organic Part of the Oeuvre (Zoltán Varga: Indian Novel)
(Üzenet. 1993/11–12.)
Author: Varga István
Zoltán Varga: Reckoning. In. András Görömbei: Contemporary Minority Hungarian Literature. Hungarian Literature in Romania/Hungarian Literature in Slovakia/Hungarian Literature in Vojvodina/Hungarian Literature in Transcarpathia. Nemzeti Tankönyvkiadó, Budapest, 1993.
Author: Görömbei András
The Uninvited Attorney
(Magyar Szó. 1996. April 13.)
Author: Szabó Palócz Attila
Conscious Engagement (Zoltán Varga: Wolves and Philosophers)
(Üzenet. 1996/4–6.)
Author: Varga István
America Parallels. In. Toldi Éva: "Related Rustles". On Poetry, On Prose. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1997.
Author: Toldi Éva
Autobiography in a Historical Framework (Zoltán Varga: In the Shadow of Babel)
(Híd. 1999/5–6.)
Author: Bence Erika
Drama Competition '70. In. Gerold László: Drama Guide. Studies, essays and theatre reviews on Hungarian dramas in Yugoslavia and their performances. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1998.
Author: Gerold László
The Excitement of Theatre Creation. In. Gerold László: Drama Guide. Studies, essays and theatre reviews on Hungarian dramas in Yugoslavia and their performances. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1998.
Author: Gerold László
What is man born for. In. Gerold László: Drama Guide. Studies, essays and theatre reviews on Hungarian dramas in Yugoslavia and their performances. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1998.
Author: Gerold László
The Disciple. In. Gerold László: Drama Guide. Studies, essays and theatre reviews on Yugoslav Hungarian dramas and their performances. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1998.
Author: Gerold László
Farewell. In. Gerold László: Drama Guide. Studies, essays and theatre reviews on Hungarian dramas in Yugoslavia and their performances. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1998.
Author: Gerold László
Ethics and Morality (Zoltán Varga: Wolves and Philosophers)
(Erika Bence: Face to Face with the Work. Studies, Essays, Critiques. Subotica Open University, Subotica, 1999.)
Author: Bence Erika
Away from here!... The South and The Poisoner in the history of literature. In. János Bányai: What do we take with us?. Studies, critiques. Forum Könyvkiadó Intézet, Novi Sad, 2000.
Author: Bányai János
From Physical Disability to Spiritual Health
(Hét Nap. 2001. February 14.)
Author: Vajda Gábor
From Physical Disability to Mental Health (Zoltán Varga: In the Shadow of Babel). In. Hitel. 2001/6.
Author: Vajda Gábor
The Red Book
(Híd. 2001/6.)
Author: Varga István
The Child's Complaints. On Zoltán Varga's Posthumous Prose
(Magyar Szó. November 10, 2001.)
Author: Bori Imre
Varga Zoltán's short stories. In. Herceg János: Collected Essays, Studies. Vol. 2. Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva. Belgrade, 2001.
Author: Herceg János
On the changes in Zoltán Varga's development. In. Herceg János: Collected Essays, Studies. Vol. 2. Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva. Belgrade, 2001.
Author: Herceg János
About Zoltán Varga's novel, The Poisoner. In. János Herceg: Collected Essays, Studies. Vol. 2. Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva. Belgrade, 2001.
Author: Herceg János
Zoltán Varga: Periscope. In. János Herceg: Collected Essays, Studies. Vol. 3. Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva, Belgrade, 2003.
Author: Herceg János
Zoltán Varga
(Hét Nap. January 14, 2004.)
Author: B. Z.
Zoltán Varga: In the Shadow of Babel. In. Béla Márkus: Facts and Concepts. Felsőmagyarország Kiadó, Miskolc, 2005.
Author: Márkus Béla
Autobiography in a Historical Framework. Zoltán Varga: In the Shadow of Babel. In. Erika Bence: The Shadow of the Garden. The Vojvodina Hungarian Literary Context. Studies, Essays, Reviews. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 2007.
Author: Bence Erika
History of Hungarian Literature in Yugoslavia. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 2007.
Author: Bori Imre
Self-therapy or literature?
(Magyar Szó. June 8, 2009.)
Author: Szögi Csaba
Zoltán Varga: Waiting Room. In. László Gerold: Retro. Reviews and Short Reviews. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 2011.
Author: Gerold László
Zoltán Varga: Escape. In. László Gerold: Retro. Critiques and Short Critiques. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 2011.
Author: Gerold László
Zoltán Varga: Indian Novel. In. László Gerold: Retro. Criticisms and Short Criticisms. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 2011.
Author: Gerold László
Zoltán Varga: Postscript to Márta. In. László Gerold: Retro. Criticisms and short criticisms. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 2011.
Author: Gerold László
Intertextuality and Historical Experience (Lessons from a Vojvodina Indian Novel)
(Hungarológiai Közlemények. 2012/1.)
Author: Toldi Éva
To Delve Deep, To Slow Down
(VMMI. 2024/3.)
Author: Benedek Miklós

Interviews

Fantastic novel "for those over twenty"
Author: (k. o.)
Dolgozók. September 24, 1965.
Before the Great Day of Our Dramatic Literature
Author: Gerold László
Magyar Szó. 1970. December 5.
My Homeland, Kikinda, from a Quarter-Century Perspective
Author: Pertics Péter
Magyar Szó. September 12, 1971.
I try to clarify the critical aspects...
Author: Fehér Ferenc
Magyar Szó. February 16, 1975.
Writing and Accountability
Author: Bordás Győző
Magyar Szó. July 26, 1975.
Criticism writing must also be learned
Author: Fekete Elvira
7 Nap. January 30, 1976.
To Show the Face of Reality
Author: Sinkovits Péter
Magyar Szó. 18 March 1979.
The writer should not flatter
Author: Tari István
Képes Ifjúság. March 21, 1979.
Changing Reality
Author: Tari István
Képes Ifjúság. January 9, 1980.
To be ruthlessly honest
Author: Tari István
Képes Ifjúság. 10 September 1980.
Let's Talk About Indians
Author: Podolszki József
7 Nap. February 7, 1986.
Self-realization at a truly human level
Author: Kabók Erika
Magyar Szó. May 16, 1987.
To stay or to go?
Author: Pertics Péter
Magyar Szó – Tiszavidék. 27 December 1991.
Under a Historical Disguise
Author: Cs. Simon István
Magyar Szó. October 25, 1992.
Spiritual Fasting
Author: Cs. Simon István
Magyar Szó. June 6, 1993.
A Scapegoat is Needed
Author: Pertics Péter
Magyar Szó. 1993. August 1.
Instead of False Optimism
Author: Szabó Palócz Attila
Magyar Szó. April 27, 1996.
Not only foolish people fell victim...
Author: Szabó Palócz Attila
Napló. July 3, 1996.
Down from the Nimbus
Author: Szabó Palócz Attila
Magyar Szó. March 21, 1999.
Century of Disappointments
Author: Pertics Péter
Magyar Szó. December 31, 1999 – January 2.

Prizes, scholarships