VÉGHELYI BALÁZS1983- A poet from our school and

Százhalombatta

BIOGRAPHYEDUCATION

• 1990-2002 ARANY JÁNOS PRIMARY- AND HIGH SCHOOL• ELTE BTK

HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE MASTER’S DEGREE

WORK EXPERIENCE:• 2016- HUNGARIAN TELEVISION, EDITOR• 2013- ÜVEGHEGY PUBLISHING OFFICE

PUBLISHING MANAGER• 2012- TEACHER OF CREATIVE WRITING• 2009-2012 HÍRTÜKÖR: JOURNALIST

HIS OWN BOOKSTerepasztal (Sand Table)2012

Huszonhárom Lépés(Twenty-three steps)2010

Kötelék (Bond)2008

A megírtalan és a megírt idők(The unwritable and written times)2007

Fán függ a világ(The world hangs on a tree)2006

Magyar poharak(Hungarian glasses)2003

HIS AUDIO CDS

• ÖNARCKÉP (30 ÉV - 30 VERS) – SELF-PORTRAIT (30 YEARS-30 POEMS), 2013.• ÚTRAVALÓ ÉNEKEK (DALOK VERSEKRE, GYEREKHANGRA) – SONGS FOR THE

ROAD (SONGS FOR POEMS), 2010.

THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED FROM HIM

CONTENT • ROLE MODEL, FAVOURITE

WRITERS• WRITING PROCESS: TIME,

PLACE, THEMES• LIFE AS A WRITER, ADVICE• PLANS FOR THE FUTURE• OTHER

• WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHOR? DO YOU PREFER CLASSICAL OR CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE?NO FAVOURITE WRITERSCLASSICAL AS READER, CONTEMPORARY AS AMBIENCE

• HOW DO YOU WRITE – PLANNED - EVERY DAY OR SPONTANEOUSLY -WHEN YOU GET INSPIRED? WHY?COULDN’T EARN A LIVING FROM WRITINGTHERE IS NO REGULARITYWRITING A STORY IN HEAD WHILE DOING SOMETHING ELSE

• DO YOU DEVELOP THE CONTENT WHILE WRITING OR DO YOU DECIDE ON THE END WHEN YOU START WRITING A BOOK?HAVE MORE OR LESSSOMETIMES ADD A LITTLE MOMENTS THAT HAPPENED

• HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO COMPLETE A PIECE OF LITERATURE?IT DEPENDS ON THE ACTUAL WRITING

• IS THERE ANYTHING BIOGRAPHICAL IN YOUR WRITING?NOT THE ACTUAL WAY IT HAPPENED

• HAVE YOU EVER HAD A WRITER’S BLOCK? HOW DID YOU OVERCOME IT?ORDERS HELP HIM OVECOME IT

• DO YOU LIKE ADVICE? WHY? IF YES , WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO A YOUNG WRITER?TWO ADVICE ONE IS FOR POEMS, THE OTHER IS FOR ESSAYS

• WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT QUALITIES OF A GOOD WRITER ARE?TOROUGHNESS, LITERACY, ATTENTION

• WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE? WHAT WILL YOUR NEXT WORK DEAL WITH?WRITING LYRICS OF HUNGARIAN SONGS

• HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT READING CRITICS AND REVIEWS ?A BOOK SHOULD HAVE A FEEDBACK

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Sources:

www.veghelyibalazs.hu

Personal interview made on 26 September, 2016