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György Dragomán
writer, translator, married to Anna T. Szabó
1973 born in Marosvásárhely (Tirgu Mures), Romania
1988 moved to Hungary
1992 finished secondary school
1992-1998 ELTE University Budapest, majoring in English and Philosophy
1998-2001 Phd ELTE University Budapest
2002 publishes first novel A pusztítás könyve (The Book of Destruction), Balassi Publishiers
awarded Soros scholarship
awarded special prize of the Mozgó Világ literary journal
awarded special prize for best war-themed short stroy by The Hungarian Ministry of Defense
2003 Hungarian participant of the European First Novel Festival at the Budapest Book Fair
awarded Brody prize for the best first novel of 2002
Nihil, his first play is read at the Pécs Drama Festival
Invited to Young PEN conference in Slovakia
2005 publishes second novel A fehér király (The White King) Magvető Publishers
awarded Déry Tibor prize
2006 awarded Sándor Márai Prize
Guest of the Seoul Young Writer’s Festival, South Korea
Guest of the international PEN Conference in Berlin.
Scholarship holder of the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin
awarded Artisjus Prize
2007 awarded Attila József Prize
Guest of the European Borderlands Festival (Bukarest - Iaşi - Chişinău)
Guest of the Lahti Writers Reunion (Finnland)
2008 Awarded Márciusi Ifjak Prize
Guest of the Europen Borderlands Festival (Basel, Leipzig)
Invited to the PEN World Voices Festival (New York)
Recepient of a month long residency at the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin
Guest of the 22. Freiburger Literaturgespräch
Awarded Cultural Prize of the Romanian Cultural Center in Budapest
Languages: Hungarian, English, Romanian, German,
Also works as a translator, among many others has translated works by Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, Ian McEwan, Ivrine Welsh and Mickey Donelly to Hungarian.