Born in 1952, Budapest. Studied history and philosophy at the ELTE University, Budapest. Diplom in 1976: James Joyce and the Linguistic Turn of Philosophy. Literary manager in several theatres (Kecskeméti Katona József Theatre, Népszínház, National Theatre, etc.), until 1984-ig. Since then freelance writer, translator, graphic artist. Between 1995-97 regular theatre-works in the Új Theatre and the Budapest Chamber Theatre.
Grants: 1981-82 West-Berlin, in the Schaubühne, 1986, Paris, 1993-94, Saint-Herblain, France, 1997, Lavigny by Lausanne, Switzerland, Maison des Ecrivains, 1998, Feldafing, Germany, 2002 February, Stein/Krems, Literaturhaus, Austria, 2002 October, Berlin, Literarisches Colloquium, Germany, 2005 Covepark, Scotland, 2005 Berlin, Akademie der Künste, 2008 Zug, Switzerland
BOOKS
1991 • |
TWO PLAYS (Vitellius and The Waiter) Cserépfalvi publishing house |
1993 • |
A FIGURE LIKE FIGARO |
1999 • |
WHO ISN’T (a novel) Magveto publishing house |
2000 • |
VICIOUS SUCCESS (essays) Magveto publishing house |
2005 • |
LIGHTING IN (portrait of a theatre, with photographer András Szebeni) |
2007 • |
ZEHUZE (a novel) Magveto publishing house |
PRIZES
1992 • CRITICS PRIZE (for Vitellius)
2000 • ERNO SZÉP PRIZE
2002 • MARI JÁSZAI PRIZE
2002 • JÚLIA SZINNYEI PRIZE
2005 • BEST PLAY (for The Key)
2006 • ATTILA JÓZSEF PRIZE
2007 • TIBOR DÉRY PRIZE
2007 • MILÁN FÜST PRIZE
PLAYS PUBLISHED AND PERFORMED
1983 • in the anthology Dinamit (Magveto) THE PLAYER, after Dostoyevski.
1985 • it was produced in the Katona József Theatre.
1987 • in the anthology Transformations (Magveto) THE CASTLE, after Kafka.
1989 • ALMONDS, a play was published in the theatrical magasine – it was made a TV-play in 1992.
1991 • VITELLIUS is presented at the Pécs National Theatre, later in 2005, in Nantes, France.
1993 • TERCETT (Trio) is presented in the Kolibri Theatre, in 1995 it was filmed by the Hungarian Television, later 2005 in Nyiregyháza.
1995 • THE WAITER was shown in the Miskolc National Theater, also a radio-play.
1997 • screenplay for LONG TWIGHLIGHT, a film directed by Attila Janisch which won the first prize of the Hungarian Film Festival (and 12 other prizes, among them the first prize of the Salerno Film Festival).
1999 • directing THE WAITER, in Hevesi Sándor Theatre Zalaegerszeg.
2000 • a play after Garcia Marquez: Chronicle of a Death Foretold, THE VIRGIN, THE CORPSE, THE BISHOP AND THE KNIVES was shown in Stúdió K, that won the Prize of Best Adaption at the Theater Festival that year, and also the SZÉP ERNO PRIZE. The play was published that year.
2001 • Szolnoki Szigligeti Theatre presented LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES, written after Jean Cocteau, the play was published in SZÍNHÁZ 2002 February.
2002 • THE SONG OF THE SKUNK was shown in Stúdió K. a play written from the novel of Danilo Kis, The Monument of Boris Davidovic, the play was published in SZÍNHÁZ, 2003 January, won the Best Play prize at the Barka-Festival, Budapest.
2003 • THE GOLD DRAGON written after he novel of Dezso Kosztolányi – I directed the play in the Sopron Theatre, premiere was on the 14th of March, 2003.
2004 • screenplay for AFTER THE DAY BEFORE, which won the first prize of the Hungarian Filmfestival in February.
2005 • THE KEY, in the Katona József Theatre, directed by Tamás Ascher, still playing.
TRANSLATIONS OF PLAYS
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus Descending (Pesti Színház, Európa kiadó, 2001)
Tennessee Williams: The Sweet Bird of Youth (Várszínház, Veszprémi Petofi Színház, Európa kiadó, 2001)
Ödön von Horváth: Hin und Her (Szegedi Nemzeti Színház)
Wedekind: Lulu (Katona József Színház, Miskolci Nemzeti Színház)
Beaumarchais: Mariage de Figaro (Nemzeti Színház, Koszegi Várszínház, Budapesti Kamaraszínház)
Beaumarchais: La mere coupable (Miskolci Nemzeti Színház)
Marlowe: II. Edward (Budapesti Kamaraszínház)
Heinrich von Kleist: The Schroffenstein-family (Budapesti Kamaraszínház)
Jean Genet: Haute surveillance (Férfiak, Debreceni Csokonai Színház)
Shakespeare: King Lear (Vörösmarty Mihály fordításának felhasználásával, Veszprémi Petofi Színház, Zalaegerszegi Hevesi Sándor Színház, Vígszínház)
Shakespeare: Antonius and Cleopatra (Pesti Színház)
Joe Orton: Loot (Szegedi Nemzeti Színház)
Joe Orton: What the Butler Saw (Pécsi Nemzeti Színház, Pesti Színház, Budapesti Kamaraszínház)
Joe Orton: Entertaining Mr. Sloane! (Egri Gárdonyi Színház, Budapesti Kamaraszínház)
Labiche: L’affaire de la rue Lourcine (Új Színház)
Harold Pinter: Moonlight (Európa kiadó, Öt angol dráma, 1995)
Romain Weingarten: L’été (Szolnoki Szigligeti Színház, Madách Színház Stúdió)
Csehov: Ivanov (Új Színház)
Sara Kane: Crave (Vígszínház)
David Gieselmann: Herr Kolpert
Ronsard: Eaglet
Heinrich von Kleist: Amphitryon