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Terézia Mora

テレージア・モラ

Terézia Mora

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1971-02-05 (Sopron)
Nationality
Hungarian, German
Languages
Hungarian, German
Residence History
Berlin

Career

Occupations
writer, screenwriter, translator
Active Years
1990-2024
Affiliations
German PEN Center, Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Memberships
German PEN Center, Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung

Education

Humboldt University
Hungarian studies and drama
Country: Germany
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
screenwriting
Country: Germany

Awards

Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
1999
Work: Der Fall Ophelia
Result: 受賞
Adelbert von Chamisso Prize
2000
Result: 受賞
German Book Prize
2013
Work: Das Ungeheuer
Result: 受賞
Georg Büchner Prize
2018
Organization: German Academy for Language and Literature
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Seltsame Materie

1999 short stories

Collection of stories

biculturalism

Alle Tage

2004 novel

Das Ungeheuer

2013 novel

Part of trilogy about IT specialist Darius Kopp.

existential struggle

Love Among Aliens

2016 short stories

Bibliography

  • Strange matter
  • Alle Tage
  • Der einzige Mann auf dem Kontinent
  • Das Ungeheuer
  • Love among aliens

Translations by Author

  • Translations of Zsófia Bán

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Writes in German
Recurring Motifs
bilingualismbicultural themes

Legacy

Highly acclaimed German-Hungarian writer with numerous awards.

Trivia

  • Hungarian-born, raised bilingual, lives in Berlin since 1990, married with one daughter.