Peter Macsovszky

Peter Macsovszky writes in Slovak and Hungarian. He made his debut in 1994 with a remarkable collection of textual collages Strach z utópie (Fear of Utopia). It immediately stirred up the calm waters of the Slovak poetry scene and won him his first literary award, the Janko Kráľ Prize. He is the author of various collections of experimental lyrical texts, such as Cvičná pitva (Training Autopsy, 1997), Súmračná reč (Twilight Speech, 1999) and Tovar (Merchandise, 2006). His novel Tantalópolis (2015) received the Anasoft Litera Prize. He has recorded two experimental music albums with Július Fujak and Peter Varsavik. Macsovszky is also a translator: he won the Ján Holly Prize for his translation of the Hungarian writer Miklós Szentkuthy’s novel Burgundian Chronicle in 2017.