Gábor T. Szántó

Gábor T. Szántó was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied law and political science and graduated from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. He has been a participant in the Iowa International Writing Program Residency in the United States (2003). Szántó is the editor-in-chief of the Hungarian Jewish monthly Szombat. His additional field of interest is researching and teaching Modern Jewish Literature.

Szántó published a volume of two novellas, Mószer (The Informer) in 1997, and a novel in 2002, Keleti pályadvar, végállomas (Eastern Station, Last Stop). His short story book Lágermikulás (The Crunch of Empty Boots) was published in 2004 followed by a collection of poems A szabadulás íze (The Taste of Escape) in 2010. His novel, Édeshármas (Threesome) appeared in 2012, his novel Kafka macskái (Kafka's Cats) in 2014, a volume of short stories 1945 és más történetek, (1945 and Other Stories) in 2017, and a novel Európa szimfónia (Europa Symphony) (2019). His novel entitled A jazzprofesszor (The Jazzprofessor) has been published in 2024, Kafka sírja (Kafa's Grave) in 2025 and a short story book Nem alszik, nem szunnyad (Neither Sleep, Nor Slumber) in 2026. His novella, Mószer appeared in German as In Schuld verstrickt (Edition Q, 1999). A volume of short stories (Обратный билет – Obratnij Bilet) came out in Russian at Text Publisher, 2008. His novel Kafka’s Cats was published in Turkey as Kafka’nın Kedileri (2018), in Czech as Kafkovy Kočky (2020), his short story book as 1945 e altre storie (2021) in Italy, as 1945 a iné príbehy (2022) in Slovak, as 1945 and Other Stories (2024) in English, and as 1945 ja muita kertomuksia in Finland. The volume has been published in China in 2023. His novel Europa Symphony has been published in Bulgaria in 2022 as Симфония Европа in Turkey in 2023 as Avrupa Senfonisi, in Finland as Eurooppa-Sinfonia and forthcoming in English and Croatian in 2027. His novel Eastern Station, Last Stop has been published in Romania as Gara de est, cap de linie in 2023 and forthcoming in Slovak in 2026. The title story of his book 1945 és más történetek (2017) was translated into English as 1945 (Homecoming), German, French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Polish, Slovakian, Slovenian and Chinese and served as the basis of the internationally acclaimed film 1945 directed by Hungarian film director Ferenc Török was shot in production Katapultfilm. Cameraman: Elemér Ragályi, music: Tibor Szemző. The film is distributed in 40 countries.

• Kafka's Cats (excerpt from the novel) • Threesome (Excerpt from the novel) • The Crunch of Empty Boots • A poem, short stories and an essay * • Keleti pályaudvar, végállomás – Szántó T. Gábor

• 1=Miklós Győrffy: Apathy, Irony, Empathy. (Ajtony Árpád: "A birodalom elvesztése". Garaczi László: "Pompásan buszozunk!"; Szántó T. Gábor: "Mószer") • Yehuda Lahav: Red, not dead (The Informer, Eastern station, last stop) *

• The word ‘Jew’ casts a long shadow • "Who do I write for?" Interview with Gabor T. Szanto by Paul Varnai