Melinda Nadj Abonji
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Melinda Nadj Abonji

Melinda Nadj Abonji was born in Becsej, Serbia, in 1968.  She moved to Switzerland with her family in the early 1970s. She lives in Zurich where she works as an author and musician. She was awarded both the German and Swiss Book Prize for her 2010 novel Tauben fliegen auf.

Melinda Nadj Abonji was born in Becsej, Serbia, in 1968.  She moved to Switzerland with her family in the early 1970s. She lives in Zurich where she works as an author and musician. She was awarded both the German and Swiss Book Prize for her 2010 novel Tauben fliegen auf.


PUBLICATIONS

Tortoise Soldier
Year of Publication: 2017
Melinda Nadj AbonjiYear of Publication: 2017

Zoltán Kertész, blue-eyed son of a »half gypsy« and a day labourer with constantly changing lovers, is the outsider of his little town in Serbia. When a child, he fell out of his father’s hands...

Rights sold to:

France (Métailié), Italy (Keller), Arabic world rights (Tanmia), Serbia (Kulturni centar Novi Sad)


DISCOVER

News
03.05.2018
We are excited to announce that Melinda Nadj Abonji has been awarded the ZKB Schiller Award 2018 for Schildkrötensoldat.