Zsofia Ban grew up in Brazil and Hungary, and is the author of two works of fiction and four essay collections. She's won the Glass Marble Prize, Tibo Dery Prize, Palladium Prize, Mozgo Vilag Prize, Attila Jozsef Prize, and Balassa Peter Prize for her writing. A former writer-in-residence at the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) program, she is currently a professor of American Studies at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest.
Jim Tucker, a classical philologist living in Budapest, translated works from German, French, and Italian before making the acquaintance of George Konrad for whom he has translated some 35 essays from the Hungarian, in addition to works by numerous other authors.
Peter Nadas is one of Hungary's greatest authors, and has had seven volumes translated into English, including The Book of Memories and Parallel Stories.
