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Hungarian-Born Writer Gets Chamisso Prize |
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 "This year's Chamisso Prize, named after the poet and researcher Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838), was awarded to Terézia Mora, born in Sopron, Hungary.The Chamisso Prize, launched in 1985, is awarded to writers who, though born outside Germany, have done a lot for German language and literature.
Mora, born in 1971 and living in Berlin since 1990, became known in Germany after her novel Alle Tage was published in 2004. Her latest volume entitled Der Einzige Mann auf dem Kontinent came out in 2009.
Besides novels, Mora also writes scripts and plays, and translates Hungarian writers into German. She has translated Péter Esterházy's Celestial Harmonies and István Örkény's One Minute Stories, among others." Source: Hungarian Literature Online
16.02.2010
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