Dr. Nóra Lajtos

I am a Debrecen-based literary historian, writer, poet, critic and editor. I spent my childhood in Nádudvar, I graduated from high school in Püspökladány. I got my first degree at the Nyíregyháza College of Music, Hungarian Singing and Piano Teaching. Then I got a degree in Hungarian at the University of Debrecen and a PhD degree summa cum laude at the University of Debrecen.

Currently I have published eight volumes: a monograph (on Ferenc Sánta’s short fiction), two volumes of essays and five volumes of poetry.

I have been publishing regularly since 1996, and my list of publications reaches 300.

I have many excellent achievements (Napút Drama Award, Literary Present I. Prize in the prose category, haiku-prize winner, NKA creative grant, grant of the Foundation for the City of Debrecen).