Anita Harag, the author of the short story “Cerasela,” was born in Budapest in 1988. After finishing her first degree in literature and ethnology, she completed graduate studies in India Studies. Her first short stories appeared in magazines and earned her several literary awards. In 2020, she won the Margó Prize, awarded to the best debut fiction author of the year, for her volume of short stories Rather Cool for the Time of the Year.