Bari, Károly

(1952- )

   Hungary. Poet and dramatist. He was imprisoned in 1970 because of his "political" poems. He spent 16 years collecting and publishing Gypsy tales and songs from Hungary, where he lives, and Transylvania, Cigány Folklór. Nevertheless, Bari writes mainly in Hungarian and regards himself as a Hungarian rather than a Gypsy author. He edited an anthology of poetry and tales and also has many books of poetry of his own.