About Veronika Haacker-Lukács

Veronika Haacker-Lukacs is a UK-based literary translator interested in contemporary Hungarian literature. Her translations of Iván Bächer's feuilletons and János Háy's short stories, as well as a chapter from a children's book, have appeared in Hungarian and American literary journals. Her latest translation is The Deadman (2021), a play by acclaimed playwright, author, and poet János Háy. Veronika completed an MA in Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, in 2019, and was a recipient of the Hungarian Petőfi Literary Fund's Emerging Translators' Grant in November 2020.