Revolutions and their aftermath: interview with György Dragomán, author of “The White King”
Nine years after his novel of international reputation, The White King, was published, Hungarian writer György Dragomán has published a new novel. Bearing the Hungarian title of Máglya (“The Bone…
Talk with Leonard Lopate on WYNC
Leonard Lopate had me on his show in New York:
Interview for The Word on BBC World Service
I talked to Harriett Gilbert about The White King in London, for the BBC World Service book programme, The Word. It aired yesterday, (February 5. 2008) and is can be…
Booktrust Review and Interview
James Smith from Booktrust reviews The White King on the site: "György Dragomán has succeeded in conjuring up not only a realistic voice for his young protagonist but also a…
“With The White King I wanted to write a book about freedom in a society where freedom should not be possible”
Tollef Mjaugedal interviewed me for Cappelen's book club in Norway. The interview will be published translated into Norvegian, here is the English version: You grew up in Romania, but later…
I’m working on, battling with the sentences
Erzsébet Eszéki interviewed me for Here is an excerpt. Your novel set in Romania reveals a terribly tough world. Not a very happy childhood. But from the perspective of a…
Remembering Romania
Sarah Nelson talked to me about The White King for the Publisher's Weekly daily run at the Frankfurt Bookfair. Go here for the whole interview: PN online György Dragomán talked…
György Dragomán: ‘one can really see how a dictatorship functions through the eyes of a child’
György Dragomán: 'one can really see how a dictatorship functions through the eyes of a child' English translation of an interview I gave to Caffeé Babel on the first leg…