Endre Farkas

Montreal-based poet

Endre Farkas (born 1948) is a Montreal-based poet, editor and playwright born in Hajdúnánás Hungary in 1948.[1] After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he fled to Canada with his parents, who were Holocaust survivors.[1] When he first arrived, his given name Endre was Quebecized to André.[2] During his undergraduate degree at Concordia University he participated in the Sir George Williams affair as an occupant. He then took a few years off to live at an artist commune called Meatball Creek Farm in the Quebec Eastern Townships.[3]

Since the 1970s, he taught literature at John Abbott College in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec.[3] He retired in 2008.[2] His work has been published in six different languages: French, Spanish, Hungarian, Italian, Slovenian and Turkish.[4] He was a part of the Montreal experimental writing collective, The Vehicule Poets and was a founding editor of Véhicule Press.[5] He later founded the publishing press, The Muses’ Company.[6] He won the Quebec Writers' Federation Community Award in 2011 "for the inclusiveness and power of his vision for Quebec literature," according to QWF spokeswoman Gina Roitman.[5]

He participated in Dial-A-Poem Montreal 1985-1987.[7]

## Publications[edit]

### Poetry[edit]

* Szerbusz. Montreal, QC: DaVinci Press, 1974.
* Murders in the Welcome Café. Montreal QC: Véhicule Press, 1977.
* Romantic at Heart & Other Faults.Montreal, QC: Cross Country Press, 1979.
* From Here to Here, Montreal, Qc: The Muses' Company, 1980.
* Face Off, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC: The Muses' Company, 1980
* How To, Dorion, QC: Muses’ Company, 1988.
* Howl Too, Eh? And Other Satires. By Endre Farkas and Ken Norris. Montreal, QC: Nuage Editions, 1991.
* Surviving Words, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC: The Muses’ Company, 1994.
* In the Worshipful Company of Skinners. Winnipeg, MB: Muses’ Company, 2003.
* Quotidian Fever: New and Selected Poems, 1974-2007. Winnipeg, MB: Muses’ Company, 2007.
* Blood Is Blood, By Endre Farkas and Carolyn Marie Souaid. Winnipeg, MB: Signature Editions, 2010.

### Prose[edit]

* Never, Again, Winnipeg, MB: Signature Editions, 2016.
* Home Game, Winnipeg, MB: Signature Editions, 2019

### Drama[edit]

* Surviving Wor(l)ds. Winnipeg, MB: Scirocco Drama, 1999.
* Voices. Dorian, QC: CD Poetry, 2002.

### Edited[edit]

* Montreal English Poetry of the Seventies, Endre Farkas and Ken Norris eds. Montreal, QC: Vhicule Press, 1977.
* The Other Language: English Poetry of Montreal, Endre Farkas ed. Dorion, QC: Muses’ Company, 1989.
* Quebec Suite: Poems for and about Quebec, Endre Farkas ed. Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC: Muses’ Company, 1995.
* The Collected Books of Artie Gold, Endre Farkas and Ken Norris eds. Vancouver, BC: Talonbooks, 2010.
* Language Matters: Interviews with 22 Quebec Poets, Endre Farkas and Carolyn Marie Souaid eds. Winnipeg, MB: Signature Editions, 2013.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Farkas, Endre, 1948- - Archival Collections Catalogue".
2. ^ a b Mike Boone. "Montreal poet's own words become the stuff of theatrical centennial." Montreal Gazette. February 6, 2019. https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20090206/281621006228210
3. ^ a b "Endre Farkas, Montrealer and Véhicule Poet." Montreal Underground Origins Blog. November 25, 2015. https://www.montrealundergroundorigins.ca/endre-farkas-montrealer-and-vehicule-poet/?complete=1
4. ^ Ian Mcgillis. Never, again: A Hungarian story with universal resonance. Montreal Gazette. February 10, 2017. https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/books/never-again-a-hungarian-story-with-universal-resonance
5. ^ a b John Barber. "Endre Farkas lauded by Quebec writers." The Globe and Mail. November 11, 2011. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/endre-farkas-lauded-by-quebec-writers/article4250720/
6. ^ Andre Farkas and Ken Norris, eds. Montreal English Poetry of the Seventies. Montreal, QC: Véhicule Press, 1978. p. 139.
7. ^ Ray Filip. "Lord of the Rings." Books in Canada: A National Review of Books. March 1986. p. 4. Accessed 15 August 2019.

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