Melinda Nadj Abonji Explained

Melinda Nadj Abonji (born 22 June 1968 in Bečej, Yugoslavia) is a Hungarian-Swiss writer, musician, and performance artist. Melinda Nadj Abonji was born in the Hungarian part of Vojvodina, in present-day Serbia. She came to Switzerland at the age of 5 to join her refugee parents.

After finishing her studies at the University of Zurich, she wrote a novel, Fly Away, Pigeon, based on her refugee experiences, which in 2010 won the German Book Prize and the Swiss Book Prize.^{[1] [2]}

Works

• Book: Nadj Abonji, Melinda . Tauben fliegen auf Roman . Jung und Jung . Salzburg . 2010 . 978-3-902497-78-9 . 699608457 . de.
• Book: Nadj Abonji, Melinda . 2 . Im Schaufenster im Frühling Roman . Jung und Jung . Salzburg . 2011 . 978-3-902497-86-4 . 712435209 . de.
• Book: Nadj Abonji, Melinda . 2 . Schildkrötensoldat Roman . Suhrkamp Verlag . Berlin . 2017 . 978-3-518-42759-0 . 984749412 . de.

English translations

• Book: Abonji, Melinda Nadj . Fly Away, Pigeon . Seagull Books . Calcutta . 2014 . 978-0-85742-212-5.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prize Winner: Melinda Nadj Abonji New Books in German, Melinda Nadj Abonji: Tauben fliegen auf, Rights. archive.new-books-in-german.com. en. 25 March 2017.
2. Web site: Boundless Language: Melinda Nadj Abonji's Fly Away, Pigeon, Translated by Tess Lewis. 17 September 2015. Reading in Translation. 25 March 2017.