# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-szirtes
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:52:44.403Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-szirtes"
name: "George Szirtes"
slug: "george-szirtes"
description: "George Szirtes is a British-Hungarian poet and translator into English. Originally from Hungary, he has lived in the United Kingdom for most of his life. Szirtes was a judge for the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize. In 2024 he was awarded the King's Gold Medal for Poetry."
tagline: "Hungarian-British poet, writer and translator (born 1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GeorgeSzirtes2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-05-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.356985333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چورچ سزيرتيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Szirtes"
    title: "George Szirtes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Szirtes"
    title: "George Szirtes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Szirtes"
    title: "George Szirtes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Szirtes"
    title: "George Szirtes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Szirtes"
    title: "George Szirtes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Szirtes"
    title: "George Szirtes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%88%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6"
    title: "Сиртеш, Джордж"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%A1%D1%96%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%88"
    title: "Джордж Сіртеш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5545017"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump