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Réka Mán-Várhegyi

レーカ・マン＝ヴァーヘギー

Réka Mán-Várhegyi

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1979-01-01 （Târgu Mureș, Romania）
Nationality
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian
Residence History
Târgu Mureș, Romania → Budapest, Hungary

Career

Occupations
Writer, Book editor
Active Years
2014-

Awards

EU Prize for Literature
2019
Work: Magnetic Hill (Mágneshegy)
Organization: EU Prize for Literature
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Unhappiness at the Aurora Housing Estate

2014 Short story collection

A collection of short stories that delicately portrays the loneliness and anxieties of people living in suburban housing estates. Through the interiors of individual characters and everyday cracks, it highlights feelings of alienation in contemporary society.

urban lonelinessalienationeveryday anxiety

Magnetic Hill

2018 Novel

A story about family, memory, and movement. As past and present intersect, the relationships of the characters and individual identities are reexamined.

memoryfamilymigration and movement
Translations
  • English translation: Magnetic Hill

Bibliography

  • Unhappiness at the Aurora Housing Estate (2014)
  • Magnetic Hill (2018)

Translations of Works

  • Mágneshegy — English: Magnetic Hill

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realist, delicate psychological depictionconcise yet symbolic prose
Recurring Motifs
urban lonelinessmovement and memoryfamilial distance

Legacy

Regarded as a notable voice in contemporary Hungarian literature, praised for her delicate depictions of urban loneliness and migrant perspectives. Winning the EU Prize for Literature brought international attention.

Trivia

  • Born in 1979 in Romania; obtained Hungarian citizenship in 1992.
  • Gained attention with the 2014 short story collection 'Boldogtalanság az Auróra-telepen'.
  • Also writes books for children and young adults.
  • Lives in Budapest and works as a book editor.