Kun, Agnes

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Kun, Ágnes.

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Кун, Агнесca

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1940

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1975

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Agnes Kun (January 21, 1915-October 19, 1990), translator and editor, daughter of Bela Kun, wife of Hungarian poet Antal Hidas (12.18.1899-01.22.1980), who in the 1920s immigrated to the Soviet Union. Both Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas went through the Gulag. Kun and Hidas became the main Soviet experts on Hungarian literature. It was under their leadership that many collections of Hungarian poetry were translated and published in the USSR in the 1950s. They returned to Hungary in 1959.

From the guide to the Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas Papers, 1915-1987, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Translator of Russian literature into Hungarian.

From the description of Agnes Kun papers, ca. 1940-1975. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448209

Biography

Agnes Kun was a translator of Russian literature into Hungarian and maintained extensive correspondence with Russian writers.

From the guide to the Kun, Agnes. Papers, ca. 1940-1975, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.)

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Hungarian literature

Hungarian literature

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