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István Ladányi

Chair of the Jury. Literary historian, Associate Professor, poet, editor.

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Ladányi István is a poet, literary historian, translator and editor. Born in 1963 in Adorján, Serbia, he grew up in Zenta, finished secondary school in Szabadka and earned a degree in Hungarian language teaching at the University of Újvidék. He received his doctorate in Zágráb and completed his habilitation in Pécs. He lives in Hajmáskér, near Veszprém, teaches at the University of Pannonia and edits the journal Ex Symposion.

For decades, he has written criticism, studies, poems and essays, and translated from Croatian and Serbian. His latest book, Megújuló befejezetlenség (2023), examines the profile and editorial practices of Új Symposion. His translations include Robert Perišić’s Hajó Isszára (2025). His work has been recognised with the Cholnoky Memorial Prize, the Volkra Ottó Prize, the Pro Urbe Prize of the city of Veszprém and the Bazsalikom Prize for Literary Translation.