Background
He was born in Târgu Mureş (Marosvásárhely) Transylvania, Romania.
He was born in Târgu Mureş (Marosvásárhely) Transylvania, Romania.
He attended high school in the western Hungarian city of Szombathely, then college in Budapest, getting a degree in English and Philosophy.
His best-known work, The White King (2005) has been translated to at least 28 languages. In 1988, his family moved to Hungary. 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.
lieutenant 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. 2002: Soros Fellowship.
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 January Michalski Prize for Literature, The White King 2014: Gold Medal Prize.
