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Gergo Sastyin is a Hungarian-born polyglot, poet, translator, and data analyst with a degree in cognitive psychology from the University of Tokyo. His writing reflects his experiences living in Japan, the United States, Turkey, Spain, and North Macedonia, as well as his work across academic research, language education, literary translation, and exploratory coding and design--bringing together a global and interdisciplinary perspective that fuels his experiments in quantum absurdity and metaphysical verse.
""Insects and Innuendoes is a bold, genre-blurring collection whose rhythmic cadence and linguistic play evoke the energy of rap, while exploring existential depths. Through cryptic alliterations, eerie imagery, and layered cycles, Gergo Sastyin creates a self-reflexive poetic world. The repeated use of 'the' in poem titles suggests a poetry of defining the indefinite--a 'metaphorical journey' at times reminiscent of Poe. Readers will be drawn into its strange, resonant landscape--challenged, moved, and compelled to return."" --Barış Yılmaz, Assistant Professor, University of Szeged, Hungary ""Beware, fellow reader, when you open the gates of this thin book. What first seems to be 'nothing but mere words in a strange story'--about a stranger? his family? his consciousness?--turns out to be a whirlpool pulling you inside a whole broad and dynamic world. The best you can do is let yourself go with it, as it safely guides you through a journey of self-awareness."" --Balázs Szőllőssy, Poet and Literary Translator ""What if you fed epic, ode, and elegy through an atom splitter? Gergo Sastyin re-fleshes the shattered body of verse from a bug-toes perspective. Insects and Innuendoes builds from the neural level of language and releases a surfeit of words and images. While the flow surges forward, each syllable creates a slap-back or stands resonating, engendering moments both weighty and wait-a-minute."" --Jeffrey Howlett, Assistant Professor, Istanbul Health and Technology University, Turkey
