István Vörös was born in Budapest in 1964. In addition to his jobs as library stacker and worker at a museum he published his first book of poems, »Só, kenyér« (t: Salt, bread) in 1988, together with the short story collection »Innenvilág« (t: The world from here). Vörös has been awarded numerous prizes, among them the Tibor Déry Prize, the Vilenica Crystal Award, the Attila József Prize and the Hubert Burda Prize. Most recently published in Hungarian is his collection of poems entitled »Heidegger, a postahivatalnok« (2004; t: Heidegger, the postalworker), the poems for children »A hajnali tolvaj« (2004; t: The thief at dawn) and »Gregorián az erdön« (2005; t: Gregorián in the forest). The author lives in Budapest and is currently a guest of the German Academic Exchange Service in Berlin.