János Széky

Hungarian journalist and literary translator. He is a foreign issues editor and a staff columnist for Élet és Irodalom, a weekly political and cultural magazine based in Budapest. Author of the book Bárányvakság (Ovine Blindness, 2015), an essay on the 20th century historical factors which resulted in, and shaped Viktor Orbán's authoritarian system. He has translated American works of fiction by, among others, Thomas Pynchon, Norman Mailer, and Don DeLillo, as well as non-fiction books on politics, music, and the history of culture. He hosts a bi-weekly talk show on the independent radio station Tilos Rádió and is a regular commentator for Parameter.sk (Dunajská Streda, Slovakia). He has been a contributor to Czech, Slovak, and Polish papers and magazines like Respekt (Prague), Sme (Bratislava), or New Eastern Europe (Kraków).