Zsófia Bán receives Spycher: Literaturpreis Leuk 2021

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18.07.2021

Zsófia Bán has been awarded the Spycher: Literaturpreis Leuk 2021. The jury states that Bán’s texts were »grounded in an emphatic view of outsiders reminiscent of the Jewish literature of Central Europe.«

The award has been presented every year since 2001 by the Leuk Castle Foundation in the form of a residence prize of 20,000 Swiss Francs, which allows the recipients to stay in the Swiss town of Leuk for two months each year for a period of five years. The prize will be awarded on September 19, 2021 at Leuk Castle.

Most recent recipients of the prize include Judith Schalansky, Joanna Bator and Marie NDiaye.

Zsófia Bán

Zsófia Bán, author, art and literary critic, has published several collections of essays. She was born in 1957 in Rio de Janeiro and grew up in Brazil and Hungary. She currently teaches American studies in Budapest. Esti iskola was awarded with the Attila József Prize in 2008. Amikor még csak az állatok éltek was awarded the Tibor Déry Prize in 2012 and shortlisted for the International Literature Award – Haus der Kulturen der Welt 2014. In 2021 she was awarded the Spycher: Literaturpreis Leuk (most recent recipients include Judith Schalansky, Joanna Bator and Marie NDiaye). The jury states that Bán’s texts were »grounded in an emphatic view of outsiders reminiscent of the Jewish literature of Central Europe.«

Zsófia Bán

Zsófia Bán, author, art and literary critic, has published several collections of essays. She was born in 1957 in Rio de Janeiro and grew up in...