András Cserna-Szabó

András Cserna-Szabó [ ˈɒndraːʃ ˈʧernɒ ˈsɒboː ] (born March 9, 1974 in Szentes , southern Hungary) is a Hungarian writer .

Cserna-Szabó currently lives in Vác and has one son. He became known through his first short story book Fél Négy (half past three). The story “The most famous metaphysical baroque poet from Szentes” from this volume was translated into German by Terézia Mora and was published on the occasion of the 1999 Frankfurt Book Fair, which was the focus of Hungary .

Cserna-Szabó is difficult to classify stylistically. He sometimes writes fantastic everyday stories that never lack a certain absurdity. That is why he is sometimes compared to the Czech master of the absurd, Bohumil Hrabal .

Works

• Fél Négy (half past three). Short stories. Budapest: Magvető 1998.
• Fél Hét (half past six). Short stories. Budapest: Magvető 2001.
• Félelem és reszketés Nagyhályogon (Fear and Terror in the Puszta). Short stories. Budapest: Magvető 2003.
• Levin Kört. Short stories. Budapest: Ulpius 2005.

Web links

• András Cserna-Szabó in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• müpa Budapest: An evening with András Cserna-Szabó on mupa.hu (English)