Ferenc Barnás

Ferenc
Barnás

Ferenc Barnás is the author of four novels in his native Hungarian, including The Ninth (2005), longlisted for both the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Three Percent’s Best Translated Book Award in the US; and Másik halál (Another Death, 2013), which won Best Book of the Year in Hungary and in forthcoming in English translation from Seagull Books. He has won three of Hungary’s top literary honours, including the Sándor Márai Prize. His works have been translated into English, French, German, Czech, Croatian, Serbian, and Indonesian. He and his wife live in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Ferenc Barnás is the author of four novels in his native Hungarian, including The Ninth (2005), longlisted for both the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Three Percent’s Best Translated Book Award in the US; and Másik halál (Another Death, 2013), which won Best Book of the Year in Hungary and in forthcoming in English translation from Seagull Books. He has won three of Hungary’s top literary honours, including the Sándor Márai Prize. His works have been translated into English, French, German, Czech, Croatian, Serbian, and Indonesian. He and his wife live in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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