Judith Sollosy

Judith
Sollosy

Judith Sollosy is the translator of contemporary Hungarian authors Péter Esterházy, Mihály Kornis, Lajos Parti Nagy, and István Örkény. She is senior editor at Corvina Books, Budapest, and teaches translation studies and creative writing at ELTE (Budapest University). Her most recent translations include Péter Esterházy’s Celestial Harmonies (2004) and Not Art (2010). Her book on translation, Hunglish Into English. The Elements of Translation from Hungarian Into English, was published last year. She is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, and the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Judith Sollosy is the translator of contemporary Hungarian authors Péter Esterházy, Mihály Kornis, Lajos Parti Nagy, and István Örkény. She is senior editor at Corvina Books, Budapest, and teaches translation studies and creative writing at ELTE (Budapest University). Her most recent translations include Péter Esterházy’s Celestial Harmonies (2004) and Not Art (2010). Her book on translation, Hunglish Into English. The Elements of Translation from Hungarian Into English, was published last year. She is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, and the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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