Edina Szvoren

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  • I was born in Budapest, in the 7th District, in 1974;
  • my father was a cabinetmaker working for various theaters, my mother (earlier an actress, then a speech therapist) was a scientific associate working for sociology;
  • I was graduated as a music-master in the Academy of Music at the Choral Conducting department in 1998;
  • I have been teaching music theory and solfeggio at my former secondary school since 1999;
  • my works have regularly been published since 2005;
  • my first book of short stories, Pertu was published by Palatinus in 2010;
  • I represented Hungary at the European Festival of the First Novel in 2011 April;
  • in summer 2011 I participated the Polish-Hungarian “Re : verse” event;
  • 14 short stories of mine were published by Élet és Irodalom;
  • my second short story edition titledNincs, és ne is legyen was published in 2012;
  • since 2010 I have been invited to give readings and workshop conversations in Budapest, Berlin, Békécsaba, Leipzig, Kishegyes, Szigliget, Szeged, Pécs, Vilnius, Brussels, Romania, ;
  • my third short story collection, Az ország legjobb hóhéra was published by Magvető in 2015 (shortlisted at Aegon Prize and Libri Prize);
  • my last collection, Verseim [My Poems], published 2018, was awarded by Mészöly Prize and Libri Prize, was shortlisted for Aegon Prize in 2019
  • prizes, fellowships: Móricz fellowship (2009), Déry Award (2010),Gundel Award (2011), Sándor Bródy Award (2011), NKA advocacy (2012), Artisjus Award (2013), Attila József Prize (2014), EU Prize for Literature (2015), Miklós Mészöly Prize (2019), Libri Prize (2019);
  • I have a brother who is a pianist living in Lübeck (Germany);
  • I am a Budapest-dweller; I lived in the downtown, in Gazdagrét, in Újpest.
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