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Jean-Pierre Montcassen

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Jean-Pierre Montcassen
Cselenyák Imre
Montcassen in 2011
Born (1957-01-01) 1 January 1957 (age 67)
NationalityHungarian
CitizenshipHungarian
Occupation(s)story teller, short story writer, novelist, musician, song lyricist
SpouseRita Cservenka
ChildrenBalázs & Tibor
AwardsRauscher Prize [4] of the Town of Dorog, Hungary

Jean-Pierre Montcassen is a pen name of Imre Cselenyák (Nyírkáta, Hungary, 1 January 1957.) a story teller (in his own words), novelist, musician, song lyricist, the vice president of the Hungarian Prose Writer Workshop,[1][2] and a member of the Hungarian Literary Authors' Collecting Society (HLACS) ("MISZJE").[3]

His activities

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After he graduated from high school, he worked as a workman, mainly in the pharmaceutical industry. He educated himself musically, he completed a performers' licence exam at the state office ORI in the 80's, he was a member of the ensembles Vulkán, Hipnózis, Kontinens as composer-songwriter-singer.[4][5] He is a member for life of the band Írottkő Műhely ("Written Stone Workshop"). He has achieved his biggest successes with the ensemble Kontinens. Radio and television recording were made with him, he performed in many legendary places: Metró klub ("Metro Club"), Budai Ifjúsági Park ("Youth Park of Buda"), Petőfi csarnok ("Petőfi Hall"), etc.

In 1989, he finished a course in journalism, since then he has been writing short stories, novels. His short prose has been published in Hungarian by literary journals C. E. T., Polisz, Új Holnap, Magyar Napló, Debreceni Disputa.[6] His writings can also be read in the columns of the dailies 24 ÓRA,[7] Kelet Magyarország,[8] and others, as well as the magazines Gyöngy, and Anna. He is a member of the Writers' Association.[9] In Budapest, in Dorog, throughout the country, as well as over the border (Upper Hungary, Transylvania), he has been organizing literary evenings, has been participating in writer-reader meetings. In the Club of the Writers' Association, along with writer Ferenc Gáspár, he has introduced authors and editors as part of the programs of the Prózaműhely ("Prose Workshop"). He lives in Dorog, his wife is Rita Cservenka, journalist, cultural organizer, his grown-up sons are Balázs (1989), and Tibor (1990).

His novels under the name Jean-Pierre Montcassen

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(English work titles are given in parentheses.)

  • A halál vámszedője (2000, Puedlo ISBN 963-9320-54-4)
("The Publican of Death")
("Taigeros' Favorite ")
("The Legionary")
("Azalea")
("The Pharaoh's Daughter")
("The Egyptian Harlot")
("From the Arrows of Hungarians...")
("Attila, the Scourge of God")
("The Princess of the Desert")
("The Egyptian Harlot")
("The Pharaoh's Daughter")
("The Princess of the Desert")
("The Egyptian Harlot")
("Samurai and Geisha")
("The Legionary's Love" – same as The Legionary, with revised title )

References

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  1. ^ Spanyolnátha művészeti hálóterem Archived 2009-02-14 at the Wayback Machine - "Spanish Flu Artistic Sleeping Hall", a web based bi-monthly artistic journal in Hungarian
  2. ^ Új forrás 2009. 2.sz. - a literary periodical since 1969 in Hungary
  3. ^ Members of HLACS (Hungarian short name: "MISZJE")
  4. ^ Szóda - a web journal in Hungarian
  5. ^ Listen to Kontinens on MySpace Music
  6. ^ "Spanyolnátha". Archived from the original on 2009-02-14. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  7. ^ '24 óra' (24 Hours), the Komárom-Esztergom County, Hungary daily newspaper [1]
  8. ^ Hungarian Electronic Library[2] of the National Széchenyi Library [3] Archived 2015-02-13 at the Wayback Machine http://mek.oszk.hu/09200/09293/09293.htm
  9. ^ "Members of the Hungarian Writers' Association". Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
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