Edina Szvoren
April 2021
The new collection, Mondatok a csodálkozásról [Phrases about wondering] is coming:
(publication date: June 2021)
January 2021
Pertu (Darsi del tu) is amongst the best translated prose books in Italy
January 2021
Darsi del tu [Pertu] is among the 10 best books of 2020 according to flaneri.com
May 2019
The short story collection Verseim [My Poems] wins the Libri Literary Prize!
Shortlist of the Prize
Jury, laudation and other details in English
April 2019
The Macedonian translation (by Zlatko Panzov) of Nincs, és ne is legyen [There Is None, Nor Let There Be; Нема, и нека не ни има] has been published in Skopje:
January 2019
The Miklós Mészöly Prize was given to the story collection Verseim [My Poems]!
June 2018
new short story collection is coming in June:
April 2018
new translation in Dutch by Frans van Nes (De Geus):
March 2018
Working Name: Person
(translated by Jim Tucker, in Words Without Borders,
online text here)
October-November 2017
Recently published:
April 2017
According to votes of critics called by the literary magazine Jelenkor,
Pertu (On Intimate Terms)
Nincs, és ne is legyen (There Is None, Nor Let There Be)
Az ország legjobb hóhéra (The Best Headsman in the Land)
are among the most important short story collections of the last 30 years, and the author is the most important short story writer of this period.
June 2015
Recently published:
Az ország legjobb hóhéra
(The Best Headsman of the Land)
- short stories
(Magvető, Budapest)