Katalin Ladik

Ladik Katalin was born on 25 October 1942 in Újvidék. A poet, performance artist and actress, she works across written poetry, sound and visual poetry, performance, experimental music and audio plays. Her practice explores language through voice, movement and gesture. From 1963 to 1977, she worked for Radio Újvidék, and from 1974 to 1992 she was a member of the Újvidék Theatre, where she played mainly dramatic roles. For the past two decades, she has lived and worked alternately in Újvidék, Budapest and on Hvar-sziget in Croatia.

Her poems have been translated into several languages, including English, Spanish, German, Polish, Romanian and Slovenian. A volume of her poetry has also been published in English under the title Poems. Her first novel, Élhetek az arcodon?, appeared in 2007. Her work has been recognised with, among others, the Kassák Lajos Award, the József Attila Prize, the Officer’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit, the Artisjus Literary Award for A víz emlékezete, the Hazám Award and the Bernard Heidsieck Literary Prize of the Centre Pompidou.