George Szirtes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

George Szirtes

poet

Date of Birth: 09-May-1948

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Profession: poet, translator

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

George Szirtes (; born 29 November 1948) is a British poet and translator from the Hungarian language into English.
Originally from Hungary, he has lived in the United Kingdom for most of his life after coming to the country as a refugee at the age of eight.
Szirtes was a judge for the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize.