Ferenc Barnás is aHungarian novelist.

Ferenc Barnás
Born	1959 (age 65–66)
Language	Hungarian
Nationality	Hungarian
Alma mater	Eötvös Loránd University
Notable awards	Sándor Márai Prize (2001), Tibor Déry Prize (2006), AEGON Prize (2013)
Website
ferencbarnas.hu

Ferenc Barnás was born in 1959 inDebrecen,Hungary. From 1982 until 1988 he attended universities inDebrecen,Budapest, andMunich, graduated fromEötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in 1988 with MA degrees inHungarian language andliterature andAesthetics. In 1991 he earned hisdoctoral degree at ELTE with adissertation titledHermann Hesse világképe (TheWorld View ofHermann Hesse). From 1988 until 1994, he taughtliterature,philosophy andaesthetics in secondary schools for the arts inBudapest. From 1990 until 1992 he worked as an instructor ofmusic aesthetics at the Department of Cultural History, ELTE. From 2000 until 2015 he worked as a museum attendant. He made a living as freelance writer from 1994 until 2000, and from 2015 until now.

• Az élősködő (The Parasite)
• Bagatell (Bagatelle)
• A kilencedik (The Ninth)
• Másik halál (Another Death)
• Életünk végéig

His works have been translated into English, French, German, Czech, Croatian, Serb, Indonesian.

• 2019: Milán Füst Prize
• 2013: AEGON Prize
• 2006: Tibor Déry Prize
• 2001: Sándor Márai Prize

• Ferenc Barnás' homepage atferencbarnas.hu
• HUNLIT Hungarian Literature Online[1]Archived 2011-05-24 at theWayback Machine