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Zoltán Virág

Literary historian and critic, Associate Professor.

Virag_Zoltan

Virág Zoltán was born in 1966 in Zalaegerszeg. He is a literary historian, critic and translator, and a habilitated associate professor in the Department of Hungarian Literature at the University of Szeged. He has taught as a visiting lecturer in Maribor and as a visiting professor in Zágráb.

His writing readily crosses borders: his interviews with Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian and Slovenian authors, and his studies, explore the literary connections of the region. His books include Szülőföldek, határok, dialógusok (2009), Nyelvi mozaikok és kulturális rezonanciák (2020) and Régiókon átívelő összetartozások (2023), which ranges across literature, visual art and rock music. As an editor, he has paid tribute to Sziveri János, Végel László, Zalán Tibor and Fenyvesi Ottó. His work has been recognised with the Lovorov vijenac literary prize (2002) and the Sziveri János Prize (2006).