András Gerevich

András Gerevich, Alföld Prize-winning poet, author and literary translator was born in 1976 in Budapest.

He spent his childhood in Dublin and Vienna. He studied at Eötvös Lóránd University in Hungary, Dartmouth College in the USA and at the National Film and Television School in the UK, focusing on screenwriting. He has been President of the Attila József Circle, visiting professor at his alma mater, Dartmouth, and Vassar College, New York, and has worked on a poetry program for BBC Radio.

He currently teaches at the Motion Picture Arts Department of Budapest Metropolitan University and is a regular visiting professor at both European and American universities and colleges.

In addition to his six books in his native Hungarian, he has worked on several theater plays and films. His poems, short stories, literary translations, reviews and essays appear regularly in Hungarian and foreign journals and anthologies. His work has been translated into over two dozen languages.