Krisztina Tóth (born 5 December 1967 in Budapest) is a Hungarian writer, poet and translator.
Life She studied in Budapest, and Paris. She left Hungary because of political persecution. She appeared at the 2024 Head Read Literary Festival. She is currently resides in Switzerland as of February 2025.
Selected works Short stories, volumes of short stories, tales Vonalkód: tizenöt történet. Budapest: Magvető Kiadó, 2006 Pixel. Budapest: Magvető Kiadó, 2011 Akvárium. Budapest: Magvető Kiadó, 2013 Pillanatragasztó Budapest: Magvető Kiadó 2014 Párducpompa Budapest: Magvető Kiadó 2017 Fehér farkas Budapest: Magvető Kiadó 2019
Volumes of poetry Őszi kabátlobogás 1989 Az árnyékember 1997 Porhó 2001 Magas labda 2009 Felhőmesék 2017
Novels Eye of the Monkey, translated from Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet (Seven Stories Press, 2025)
Awards Radnóti Prize (1990) Gyula Illyés Prize (1994) Tibor Déry Prize (1996) Attila József Prize (2000) István Vas Prize (2001) Szépíró Prize (2005) Sándor Márai Prize (2007) Bárka Prize (2010) Alföld Prize (2014)
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