György Dragomán

György Dragomán (born 10 September 1973 in Târgu Mureș) is a Hungarian author and literary translator. His best-known work, The White King (2005) has been translated to at least 28 languages.

He was born in Târgu Mureş (Marosvásárhely) Transylvania, Romania. In 1988, his family moved to Hungary. He attended high school in the western Hungarian city of Szombathely, then college in Budapest, getting a degree in English and Philosophy. He has received various literary awards for his writings, such as the Sándor Bródy Prize (2003).

His first novel, Genesis Undone, was published in 2002. He has become famous because of his second book, The White King, which received very favorable reviews from many influential newspapers, such as The New York Times. It is a collection of loosely connected stories told by an 11-year-old boy waiting for his father to be released from politically motivated imprisonment.

Dragomán lives in Budapest with his wife and two children.

Works

• Genesis Undone (original: A pusztítás könyve, lit. "The book of destruction"), 2002
• The White King, 2005 (English translation: 2008)
• The Bone Fire, 2014 (English translation expected to be published in January 2017)
• "A Chorus of Lions", 2015 (collection of short stories; no English translation in view yet)

Awards and honors

• 2002: Soros Fellowship
• 2002: Award for Excellence by the literary journal Mozgó Világ
• 2003: Sándor Bródy Prize
• 2006: Tibor Déry Prize
• 2006: Sándor Márai Prize
• 2006: Artisjus Prize (given by Society ARTISJUS Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors' Rights)
• 2007: Attila József Prize
• 2008: Youth of March Prize (the name refers to the 1848 revolution in Hungary)
• 2010: special commendation by the literary journal Litera
• 2011 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature, The White King
• 2014: Gold Medal Prize

References

• His English-language website