A poet and an artist
We are Zsuzsanna Szegedi-Varga and János Áfra, the co-authors of Productive Misreadings | Termékeny félreértés, an English-Hungarian experimental book.
János Áfra was born in Hajdúböszörmény (Eastern Hungary) in 1987. He is a poet, art critic and editor of Alföld literary magazine. He studied visual arts, literature and philosophy at the University of Debrecen, where he is an instructor at present. He has published three books of poetry: Glaukóma (Glaucoma) in 2012; Két akarat (Two Wills) in 2015; Rítus (Ritual) in 2017. Áfra was awarded two Hungarian debut prizes: Makói Medáliák (Mako’s Medal, 2013), Gérecz Attila-díj (Attila Gérecz Prize, 2014), and got other important prizes and scholarships: Móricz Zsigmond Irodalmi Ösztöndíj (Zsigmond Móricz Literary Scholarship, 2013), Sziveri János-díj (János Sziveri Prize, 2014), Horváth Péter Irodalmi Ösztöndíj (Péter Horváth Literary Scholarship, 2016) among others.