The Birds of Manhattan: Benedek Totth
ZiN's writer-in-residence for August of 2017 is Benedek Totth. Benedek was born in 1977 in Kaposvár, Hungary. Working as a translator from English speaking literatures Benedek has translated novels by influential authors like Cormac McCarthy, Aldous Huxley, Chuck Palahniuk and Hunter S. Thompson. He was the editor of József Attila Circle’s World Literature Series. Benedek's first novel, DEAD HEAT (original: "Holtverseny") was published in 2014 by Hungary's leading publishing