András Petőcz  András Petőcz (born August 27, 1959 in Budapest) is a Hungarian writer and poet. Petőcz began his career in literary life in 1981. He was the chief editor for over two years of the art periodical "Jelenlét" (Presence), which was published by the Faculty of Humanities at the Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences in Budapest, and soon became a significant forum on contemporary literature. He graduated from Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences in 1986 where he studied Hungarian Literature and Language-History. After obtaining his degree he was an assistant at Gorkii State Library for a short time, and then worked as an editor for longer and shorter periods on literary magazines. Since then he has been working as a professional writer. Petőcz has taken part in several international literary and art festivals, e.g. in Paris (1986), in Tarascon (France, 1988), in Marseille (1995). He has been working as a university and college lecturer for seven years. Petőcz has published around 25 books, including poems for adults and children, essays, fiction and reviews. Petőcz poetry volumes include the book "A tenger dícsérete" (1994, ), and the poetry collections "Meduza" (2000, ) and "A napsütötte sávban" (2001, ). He also published a "collected poems book" under the title "Majdnem minden" ("Almost everything", 2002, ). He also edited several volumes of avant-garde literature and worked as organizer for a variety of events showcasing experimental literature. He also was the editor of "Medium Art", a Selection of Hungarian Experimental Poetry. In the eighties he was one of the "leaders" of Hungarian avant-garde poetry, having begun to work on sound poetry during the period. His visual and concrete poetry is well known. Béla Vilcsek writes about his poetry: "Legends and extremes accompany András Petőcz on his home ground. He always has a dichotomy, either wanting to pay respects to classicism or to modernity, conservatism or avant-garde, sonnet or free verse, tradition or the new. In his mid-thirties, he already commands an authoritative reputation with his life-work, in both its quantity and quality.