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Katarina Durica

Katarina Durica (Bratislava, 1983 –) is a writer, journalist, and member of the Society of Hungarian Authors.[1]

Katarina Durica
Born1983
Bratislava
SpouseBotond Feledy
Awards2019 Aranykönyv nominee

2020 Highlights of Hungary nominee

2023 ELLE Awards Author of the Year nominee
Websitehttps://www.duricakatarina.com/

Life

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She grew up in Šamorín, Žitný ostrov, Slovakia. She studied Art History at Trnava University.[2][3] In 2004, she traveled to Egypt, where she worked as a tour guide. Next, she moved to Jordan, Turkey, then Tunisia, and the experiences of living in these countries inspired her to write her first book.[3][4]

She moved to Bratislava in 2008 to work as a journalist.[4] In 2010, during the Iveta Radičová's – who became Slovakia's first female PM that year – administration, she was spokesperson for the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.[5] She has worked as a freelance journalist in Budapest, to this day she often makes reports and interviews on topics related to women, such as domestic violence, illegally operating egg donors and surrogate mothers in Eastern Europe,[6] and women who are survivors of mafia violence.[7]

In 2011-2013, she reported for Index about various Slovakian political events. Since 2013, her writings are published in the Hungarian ELLE magazine, National Geographic, and various other platforms and magazines.[2] Since 2023, she has her own column in Nők Lapja, Hungary's most read weekly magazine.[8]

Her first book, Escape to Egypt – inspired by her travels and the tourist destinations of the Middle East –, was published in Hungarian in 2013,[9][10] then in Slovakian in 2014.[11] Her second novel, Loving in Slovakian, which delves into the Slovakian Hungarian identity,[12][13] was published for the 2016 Budapest Book Fair.

In 2018, her third book was published, titled Good Girls Cry in Silence, about the victims of the Hungarian mafia in Felvidék.[14][15][16] To write the novel, she had been collecting collecting accounts from those who were affected, interviewing victims and perpetrators.[17] The novel was sold out a few days after it was first published, it is (as of January 2024) in its 10th edition.[18] It was also adapted into a stage play, directed by Béla Paczolay, and debuted in March 2021 in the Comedy Theater of Budapest,[19][20] where the shows are still regularly sold out.[21] On 14 November 2023, the show was performed for the 50th time.[21] The play was also performed at the eSzínház festival, where Mari Kiss received the award for best actress.[22]

Her fourth book was published through her self-founded Red Snow Publishing. Urban Foxes introduces the world of Brussels nightlife, diplomat wives, and Eastern European prostitutes. The book’s publication coincided with the resignation of MEP József Szájer, after his sex scandal.[23] Good Girls Cry in Silence[24] and Urban Foxes[25] were also published in Slovakian by Albatros Publishing.

In 2022, she published her fifth novel titled How Much Did It Cost You?, where she talks about the world of Hungarian surrogate mothers, egg donors and barren women.[26]

Family

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She is living in Brussels, with her husband Botond Feledy, and their three children.[2][3]

Awards and nominations

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2019 Aranykönyv (“Golden Book”) podium finish[4]

2020 Highlights of Hungary nominee for her work in aiding vulnerable women[27]

2023 ELLE Awards Author of the Year nominee[28]

Novels

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  • Escape to Egypt (Jaffa Publishing, 2013)
  • Loving in Slovakian (Libri Publishing, 2016)
  • Good Girls Cry in Silence (Libri Publishing, 2018)[2]
  • Urban Foxes (Red Snow Publishing, 2020)[29]
  • How Much Did It Cost You? (Red Snow Publishing, 2022)[26]

References

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  1. ^ "A Szépírók Társasága új tagjai". Szépírók Társasága (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  2. ^ a b c d "Rólam". Durica Katarina. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. ^ a b c "Durica Katarina". libri.libricsoport.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  4. ^ a b c "Szerző". Durica Katarina (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  5. ^ "Elszippantja az újságírókat a politika | Új Szó | A szlovákiai magyar napilap és hírportál". ujszo.com (in Hungarian). 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  6. ^ ""Tudtam, hogy van ilyen, de azt hittem, valahol távol, nem az én szűk környezetemben" – Durica Katarina új könyvének témáját egy játszótéri beszélgetés adta". rtl.hu (in Hungarian). 2023-07-11. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  7. ^ Melkweg (2023-03-14). "Durica Katarina". Elle (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  8. ^ "durica katarina - Nők Lapja" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  9. ^ "Könnyed csajkönyvbe csomagolt útirajz / Durica Katarina: Szökés Egyiptomba. Jaffa Kiadó, Budapest, 2013. / PRAE.HU - a művészeti portál". PRAE.HU - a művészeti portál (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  10. ^ "Távol Európától | Új Szó | A szlovákiai magyar napilap és hírportál". ujszo.com (in Hungarian). 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  11. ^ Databazeknih.cz. "Preč! - kniha". www.databazeknih.cz. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  12. ^ admin (2017-06-12). "Petres Csizmadia Gabriella: Idegenségtapasztalat Durica Katarina Szlovákul szeretni című regényében". Irodalmi Szemle (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  13. ^ hv (2016-06-20). "Csehszlovák kaland, afrikai kitérővel". divany.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  14. ^ Töhötöm, Tóth Szabolcs (2018-11-08). "Durica Katarina – Maffiavilág Dunaszerdahelyen és a rendes lányok, akik csendben sírnak". Az élet meg minden (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  15. ^ "Amikor a Csallóköz vérben tocsogott | Válasz.hu". 2019-09-01. Archived from the original on 2019-09-01. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  16. ^ "Gondolat-jel: Felállni a tragédiák után". MédiaKlikk (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  17. ^ Töhötöm, Tóth Szabolcs (2018-11-08). "Durica Katarina – Maffiavilág Dunaszerdahelyen és a rendes lányok, akik csendben sírnak". Az élet meg minden (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  18. ^ "Szerző". Durica Katarina (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  19. ^ "A Vígszínházban viszik színre a felvidéki regényt". dunaszerdahelyi.sk (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  20. ^ admin (2020-07-01). "Rudolf Péter átvette a Vígszínház vezetését - 9 premierre készülnek". Színház.online (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  21. ^ a b d; Exxite. "A rendes lányok csendben sírnak :: Vígszínház". www.vigszinhaz.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2024-01-02.
  22. ^ "eSzínház Fesztivál - eSzínház". eszinhaz.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  23. ^ Adél, Hercsel (2020-12-06). "Rengeteg a magyar prostituált Brüsszelben". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  24. ^ Slušné dievčatá plačú potichu (in Slovak).
  25. ^ Mestské líšky (in Slovak).
  26. ^ a b "Mennyit adtál érte?". Durica Katarina (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  27. ^ "Durica Katarina". highlightsofhungary.hu. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  28. ^ Melkweg. "Elle". Elle (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  29. ^ "Városi rókák". Durica Katarina (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
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