Poets

Péter Zilahy was born in Budapest in 1970. He studied philosophy and cultural anthropology at ELTE University in Budapest.

He was a lecturer at BME University between 1995-98. He was editor in chief of Link Budapest, an Internet magazine for contemporary literature in English and Hungarian between 1997-1999.

He is editor of JAK Books international series since 1998, where among others (Victor Pelevin, Ian McEwan, Arnon Grunberg) he published young German authors (Ingo Schulze, Jenny Erpenbeck, Kathrin Röggla).