(born 1959, Budapest) has published numerous books of poetry, among them Betupiranis (Letter Pyramid, 1984), Lathatatlan jelenlet (Invisible Presence, 1990), Az irogepelt felelem (The Typed Fear, 1992) and Csutoras Gergely ebresztese (Wake up, Gergely Csutoras!, 1991), a book of poems for children. He has also published collections of his essays, written and directed two video films, and produced recordings of acoustic poetry. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts at Lorand Eotvos University in Budapest, and has worked as a literary magazine editor, and as editor and publisher of Medium-Art, an underground literary periodical active during the communist regime. Mr. Petocz also served as leader of the Medium-Art Studio, a center for experimental art. He has won a number of prizes for his writing, including, in 1990, the Robert Graves Prize for best Hungarian poem of the year. His participation in the IWP is supported by the United States Information Agency.