was born in Miskolc in 1977 and lives in Budapest, making a living as editor at a publisher of trade books. She started blogging in 2002, and has been publishing short prose pieces in prestigious literary journals since 2008. In 2008, Örkény Theatre performed a one-act drama written from her blog entries.
Awards
György Petri Award 2015; Pál Békés Award 2017
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was born in 1946 in Budapest. He is one of Hungary’s leading contemporary authors, a writer, dramatist, and eminent translator and scholar of Polish literature. Spiró is one of the most frequently played contemporary playwrights of Hungary. His novel Captivity (2005) was the literary sensation of the year, earning the author the Aegon Prize for best book of the year and listed by The Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of 2015. Spiró’s works have been translated into English, Czech, Finnish, Hebrew, Polish, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Turkish. His prizes include the Attila József Prize (1982), the Déry Prize (1993), the Madách Prize (1994), the Ernő Szép Prize (1997, 2004), the Milán Füst Prize (2005), the Kossuth Prize (2006), the Aegon Prize (2006), the Angelus Prize (2012), the Artisjus Prize (2012), the Perła Honorowa Prize (2013), and the prize for Best Hungarian Drama of the Year (2015).
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An eminent writer and poet, Rakovszky was born in 1950 in Sopron. She had already been well known as one of the best poets of her generation when she wrote her first novel, A kígyó árnyéka (Shadow of a Serpent, 2002), a passionate story of a woman set in the 17th century, which immediately won the Book of the Year Prize. Shadow of a Serpent has been translated into German, Dutch, Italian and Bulgarian. This was followed by A hullócsillag éve (Year of the Falling Star, 2005), taking place in Hungary in the 1950s (translated into Italian); VS (2011), a novel about a 19th century journalist and poet, a woman who lived her life as a man (translated into French, Turkish, Italian and Bulgarian); and several short story collections. Rakovszky has been awarded a number of prestigious prizes, including the Attila József Prize (1988), the Sándor Márai Prize (2003), the AEGON Prize (2007), and the Kossuth Prize (2010).
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was born in 1988 in Csíkszereda (today Miercurea Ciuc, Romania), and currently lives in Budapest. He went to university in Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) and Marosvásárhely (Târgu Mureș), studying communication, journalism, and drama writing. Since 2009 he has published prose pieces in quality literary journals, and two volumes of short stories.
Awards
Focus Medical Short Story Competition 2nd prize 2014; Tibor Bálint Award 2012; Narraton Short Story Competition Prize 2013; EMIA Debut Award 2011; György Méhes Debut Award 2011; Gyula Szabó Memorial Award 2010; Pál Békés Award 2015
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was born in Keszthely. She studied music, and has worked as a journalist. She has been publishing children’s books and anthologies of poetry since 1973. She has also written stage works, radio plays, and screenplays for animated films.
Awards
IBBY Lifetime Achievement Award 2009; Tibor Déry Award 1998
Stories of the Old Miss and Her Car
Auntie Alice’s Little Book of Good Manners
Shop Stories
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