Ultima Ora

Dr. Tom Kabdebo has first-hand experience of the often cruel reality of life in Central and Eastern Europe after World War II, and of the hardships (as well as the infinite possibilities) of life as a refugee. He is the author of more than forty books, the translator of a further forty books, and has received numerous literary and other awards. Hungary's Poet Laureate, his other awards iinclude the Hungarian Order of Merit, the Hungarian Laurel Wreath Award for literature, the P‚terfy Life Achievement Award, the Fst Grand Prix for translation, and the International Poetry Prize. Born in Budapest in 1934, he escaped to the West from his native Hungary after participation in the 1956 Revolution, bounced around, and finally settled in Ireland. "Like a Dutch master, Kabdebo has a knack for suggesting great depths of shadow with a few brush strokes."-WLT