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Terézia Mora
Terézia Mora (2010)
Born (1971-02-05) 5 February 1971 (age 53)
Sopron, Hungary
NationalityHungarian
Alma materHumboldt University
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin
Occupation(s)Screenwriter
Translator
Writer
WebsiteOfficial website

Terézia Mora ([ˈtɛreːziɒ ˈmorɒ]; born 5 February 1971) is a German Hungarian writer, screenwriter and translator.

Early life and education

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Terézia Mora was born in Sopron, Hungary, to a family with German roots and grew up bilingual.[1] She moved to Germany after the political changes in Hungary in 1990 in order to study Hungarian studies and drama at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Subsequently, she trained as a screenwriter at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin.[2]

Career

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She is a member of the German PEN Center and the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, to which she was elected as a member in 2015.[3]

Since 1990 she has lived in Berlin, working as a freelance writer, writing in German,[3][4] and as a translator from Hungarian.[5] Among her works, there is a trilogy about an IT specialist, Darius Kopp, and his existential struggle.[6]

Mora is married and has one daughter.[2]

Awards and honours

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Works

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Terézia Mora in 2009.

Prose

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  • Strange matter, Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1999, ISBN 978-3-498-04471-8
  • Alle Tage, Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-630-87185-1
  • The only man on the continent, Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-630-87271-1
  • The monster, Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-630-87365-7
  • Love among aliens, narratives. Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-630-87319-0
  • On the rope (Auf dem Seil), Luchterhand, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-630-87497-5[6]
  • Fleckenverlauf. Ein Tage- und Arbeitsbuch. Luchterhand, Munich 2021, ISBN 978-3-630-87669-6
  • Muna, or Half a Life (Muna oder Die Hälfte des Lebens). Luchterhand, Munich 2023, ISBN 978-3-630-87496-8[12]

Poetry lectures

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Screenplays

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  • The Ways of Water in Erzincan, feature film, 30 min. (1998)
  • Boomtown / End of the City, feature film, 30 min. (1999)
  • The Alibi, screenplay for a thriller shown in German TV,[13] 90 min. (2000)

Plays

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  • Something like that (2003)

Audiobooks

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  • Miss June Ruby (2005)

Essays

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  • About the drastic, in: BELLA triste No. 16 (2006)

Translations

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  • Als nur die Tiere lebten (2014), translation of Amikor még csak az állatok éltek, (2012), by Zsófia Bán.
  • Abendschule – Ein Fibel für Erwachsene (2012), translation of Esti iskola – Olvasókönyv felnőtteknek, (2007), by Zsófia Bán

References

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  1. ^ "Terézia Mora – Was bedeutet die Zweisprachigkeit für Ihr Schreiben?". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b Krekeler, Elmar (7 October 2013). "Deutscher Buchpreis: Terézia Mora – Eine Frau schreibt sich in die Freiheit". Die Welt. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung – Akademie – Presse – Neue Mitglieder". www.deutscheakademie.de (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Roman "Das Ungeheuer": Terézia Mora erhält Deutschen Buchpreis". Spiegel Online. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Terézia Mora". Uklitag. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  6. ^ a b "On the Rope". Uklitag. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Terézia Mora wins the German Book Prize 2013 for her novel "Das Ungeheuer"" (Press release). Deutscher Buch Preis. 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  8. ^ NDR. "Roswitha-Preis 2018 geht an Terézia Mora" (in German). Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Terezia Mora erhält Georg-Büchner-Preis". news.ORF.at (in German). 3 July 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung – Awards – Georg-Büchner-Preis". www.deutscheakademie.de.
  11. ^ "Grimm Poetikprofessur geht an Terézia Mora". Börsenblatt (in German). 9 February 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Muna, or Half a Life". Uklitag. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  13. ^ "Das Alibi" – via www.imdb.com.
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