István K. Kovács

I was born and still live in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania.
I am a theatre writer and dramaturg, so I am always on the border between theatre and literature. The dramaturg’s role is that of a hermetic: a mediator between word and image, play and performance.
I believe in the theory of “10,000 hours”, so I have been through almost every stage of the theatre profession, and slowly also literature.
I’ve been a set designer, a prop master, a theatre fireman, an audience organiser, then a dramaturg, a literary secretary, a director, an actor, a puppeteer, a critic, an artistic adviser and a company manager.
I have been a journalist, reporter, columnist and editor-in-charge.
I have written and continue to write drama, puppetry, theatre criticism, theatre studies, publicity, reviews, short stories, fiction, travel guides, monographs and novels.
I have published nearly 100 articles in Hungarian and Romanian newspapers, magazines, journals, newspapers and journals, co-authored 12 volumes and have 3 independent books.