Zsuzsanna Ozsváth
Zsuzsanna Ozsváth | |
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| Born | Zsuzsanna Abonyi July 4th, 1934 (age 90) |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Translator |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg (BA) The University of Texas at Austin (PhD) |
| Alma mater | University of Texas, Austin, Texas |
| Thesis | Die Dilaektik der Freiheit bei Friedrich Schiller und bei Tomas Mann (1968) |
Zsuzsanna Ozsváth is a Hungarian author and translator of Jewish descent. After moving to the United States, she documented her experience as a holocaust survivor and translated several works of poetry and literature, mainly those of Hungarian and German authors. In 2003 she was named the Leah and Paul Lewis Chair of Holocaust Studies at the University of Texas, Dallas.
Education
[edit]A classical pianist, Ozsváth was awarded a concert diploma from the State Academy of Music at Hamburg in 1961. She went on to earn her Ph.D. in German Language and Literature from The University of Texas at Austin in 1968.[1]
Career
[edit]Ozsváth joined the University of Texas at Dallas as a lecturer in 1976, initially teaching 19th- and 20th-century literature and history classes. Shortly thereafter, she began teaching courses about the Holocaust.
She spearheaded the founding of the Holocaust Studies Program at the University of Texas at Dallas in 1986.[2] In 2003, she was appointed to the Leah and Paul Lewis Chair of Holocaust Studies.[3] Ozsváth retired in 2020.[4]
Selected publications
[edit]- Foamy Sky: The Major Poems of Miklós Radnóti (1992)
- The Iron–Blue Vault: Attila József, Selected Poems (1999)[5]
- Footsteps of Orpheus: The Life and Times of Miklós Radnóti (2000)[6]
- When the Danube Ran Red (2010)[7]
- My Journey Home: Life After the Holocaust (2019)
- The Golden Goblet: Selected Poems of Goethe (2019)
- Faust, Part One (2021)
- Light among the Shade: Eight–Hundred–Years of Hungarian Poetry (2022)
Honors and award
[edit]Ozsváth received a Fulbright Award (1990-1991).[8] She was a co-recipient of the Milán Füst Prize for her translation of Miklós Radnóti's poems.[9]
Personal life
[edit]In 1950, she married Dr. Istvan “Pista” Ozsváth (1928-2013).[10] In 1957 they immigrated to Hamburg, Germany and later in 1962 they moved to the Unites States, where he had been offered a position as a mathematics professor at The University of Texas in Austin.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Zsuzsanna Ozsvath". profiles.utdallas.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "About the Center - Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies | The University of Texas at Dallas". ackerman.utdallas.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "UTD's Dr. Zsuzsanna Ozsváth Appointed to New Leah and Paul Lewis Chair in Holocaust Studies". News Center. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ "Dr. Zsuzsanna Ozsváth, Holocaust Studies Program Founder, To Retire". News Center. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ Reviews of The Iron–Blue Vault
- Zapruder, Matthew (2000). "Review of Eternal Monday: New and Selected Poems; The Iron-Blue Vault: Selected Poems". Harvard Review (19): 163–166. ISSN 1077-2901.
- Murphy, Michael (2000). "Review of The Iron-Blue Vault: Selected Poems". Critical Survey. 12 (3): 130–133. ISSN 0011-1570.
- ^ Reviews of Footsteps of Orpheus
- Gömöri, George (2001). "Review of In the Footsteps of Orpheus: The Life and Times of Miklós Radnóti, Zsuzsanna Ozsváth". World Literature Today. 75 (3/4): 166–167. doi:10.2307/40156863. ISSN 0196-3570.
- Birnbaum, Marianna D. (2002). "Review of In the Footsteps of Orpheus: The Life and Times of Miklós Radnóti, Zsuzsanna Ozsváth". Slavic Review. 61 (2): 386–388. doi:10.2307/2697143. ISSN 0037-6779.
- ^ Reviews of When the Danube Ran Red
- Alexander, Edward (2011). Ozsváth, Zsuzsanna (ed.). "Murder in Plain Sight". The Sewanee Review. 119 (4): 669–673. ISSN 0037-3052.
- Cole, Tim (2012). "Review of When the Danube Ran Red". The English Historical Review. 127 (529): 1596–1598. ISSN 0013-8266.
- Alexander, Edward (Fall 2011). "MURDER IN PLAIN SIGHT". Sewanee Review ; Baltimore. 119 (4): 669-LXXVI – via Proquest.
- ^ "The University of Texas at Dallas | Fulbright Scholar Program". fulbrightscholars.org. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ^ "Füst Milán Fordítói Alapítvány". www.fustmilan.hu. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
- ^ Horner, Kim (December 18, 2013). "University Remembers Founding Faculty Member Istvan Ozsváth". News Center. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ "Holocaust Scholar to Be Honored at Event Benefiting Research Fund". News Center. April 14, 2016. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
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