Clara T. Gyorgyey

Clara Gyorgyey, writer, drama critic, educator, and translator
BA U.Budapest; MA Academy of Foreign Lang.; MAT Yale University;
b. Budapest, Hungary, May 23, 1933
married; Ferenc Gyorgyey, Medical Historian, Yale University
two daughters: Katalin and Maria Gyorgyey

Master Teacher for Yale Teachers Program; 1960- 89
Associate Director for Program For Humanities;
Lecturer/Instructor Yale U. School of Medicine 1989- present
Free lance critic, contributor to dozens of magazines
Editor PEN's quarterly Newsletter; World Literature Today - Hungary

BOOKS:
Catsplay, 1976 (Performed in 81 theatres in the USA), printed- Samuel French
Ferenc Molnar: Life & Works, 1980 - Twayne Drama Series, Harvard U.Press
Istvan Orkeny: Flower Show and Toth Family, Trans. 1982 - New Directions Pub.
With Arrogant Humility; Drama Reviews - Puski Pub. NY 1987
Mirrors to the Cage; Three Plays - U. of Arkansas Press 1993
Insults With Affection: Criticism - G.Soros U. Budapest 1997

AWARDS:
Trans. Award: Nat. Endowment for Arts, Ady Medal by Hungarian PEN, Cross of the Order of Merit by Hungarian Government, Rockefeller Scholar, Fulbright Scholar, Fellow of Jonathan Edwards College at Yale Univ., Member of the Hung.Academy of Arts & Sciences; Ct. Academy of Arts & Sciences, President of PEN Center, Writers-in-Exile American Branch, - Master Teacher of CT, etc.

MEMBERSHIP:
International PEN Club, - Dramatist Guild, - Authors' League, - Ct. Critics Circle - Writers' Union, Hungary, etc.