John Batki is an American short story writer, poet, and translator.
Life
Batki was born in Hungary in 1942, and has been living in the United States since 1957. He has taught at Harvard University.
Batki's work has appeared in The New Yorker and The Yale Review.
He has collected weavings and textiles since 1975.
Awards
- 1972 O. Henry Award
- 1975 MacDowell Fellowship
- 1993 Fulbright Fellowship
- 1995-6 Fellow, Collegium Budapest Institute for Advanced Study
- 2003 Translation Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
- 2018 Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.
Works
Stories
- Never Touch a Butterfly | The New Yorker | May 1970
- Strange-Dreaming Charlie... | The New Yorker | 1971
- This Life in Green | The New Yorker | 1972
- At the National Festival | FICTION | 1972
Essays
- And Not a Soul in the Streets | www.hlo.hu
Poetry
Translations
References