Attila Hazai (April 30, 1967 – April 5, 2012) was a popular Hungarian writer. He is best known for his local version of American Psycho called Budapesti skizo (1997).[1] At the time of his death, none of his works had been translated into English.[1]
Biography
Attila Hazai was born in Budapest. From 1987 to 1995 he studied as an English major at the Eötvös Loránd University.[2] Since 1995 he was an editor at Link Budapest, an Internet magazine for contemporary literature.[2] In 1999 he received a Zsigmond Móricz literature scholarship.[2] Hazai was a member of the Attila József group (Hungarian: József Attila Kör) and a member of the Writers' Union Szépírók Társasága, 2000 to 2004 as its vice president.[2]
He played in a band "Pepsi Érzés, Hazai Íz". He wrote a screenplay called Rám csaj még nem volt ilyen hatással (1993). [2]
His published works include Feri: Cukor Kékség (1992), Szilvia szüzessége (1995), Szex a nappaliban (2000).[2] He is best known for his local version of American Psycho, Budapesti skizo (1997).[1] Hazai also published under a pseudonym, Feri Soros, the novel A Világ legjobb regénye (2000).[2]
His translations into Hungarian include Raymond Carver's Nem ők a te férjed (They are not your husband) (1997), Walter Kirn's Ujjszopó (Thumbsucker) (2000) and James Frey's Millió apró darabban ( A Million Little Pieces) (2004).[2]
Attila Hazai committed suicide on April 5, 2012.[2] He was 44 years old.
