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I Want You to Do Something for Me

I am very pleased to announce that one of my short stories has been published in Granta literary magazine.

Poems in Swedish Translation

I am delighted to share that the newly published issue of the Swedish literary magazine Glänta (1.26) features my poems “Mi legyen,” “Szellős,” and “Hold tűje” in Swedish translation. I am deeply grateful to William Csergö for his translation work.

Krisztina Tóth’s English-language book “PIXEL” in the Georgia State University curriculum

Csaba Horváth, a literary historian and my co-author on the biographical book “THE AIRPORT RABBIT”, gave a guest lecture on “PIXEL” at Georgia State University on March 31, 2026, at the invitation of Professor Gina Caison.

White Wolf Published in English

My collection of short stories White Wolf has just arrived from Seagull Books in an English translation by Owen Good.

Krisztina Tóth’s play The Bat was also presented in the United States

Krisztina Tóth’s play The Bat was also presented in the United States. It was originally published in 2019 as a supplement to Jelenkor, and first staged in 2021. he New York–based New Stage company used this translation, published by Bloomsbury, for the American premiere on March 20.

THE BAT – U.S. PREMIERE IN NEW YORK

The New Stage Theatre Company presented The Bat. U.S. premiere in New York. The premiere performances ran from March 20 to April 4, 2026, at the New Stage Performance Space in New York.

NEW YORK SCENE

New York scene with the reading club of the Hungarian House of New York.

LECTURE ON EYE OF THE MONKEY HELD IN NEW YORK

Krisztina Tóth presented her novel "Eye of the Monkey" at a literary event held on March 14 at the Brooklyn Public Library. The evening opened with a keynote address by acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog.

Under a Pannonian Sky – An English-language anthology of poems by ten Hungarian women poets

Works by Krisztina Tóth are also included in this selection, edited by Ottilie Mulzet, the acclaimed translator of László Krasznahorkai.

The English edition of Eye of the Monkey premier in London

The English edition of Eye of the Monkey was launched on Thursday, January 29 2026, at a Waterstones bookstore in London.
Tóth Krisztina

FEMMES D’INFLUENCE EUROPÉENNES

Örömmel és büszkén szeretném megosztani, hogy a Schuman Alapítvány új kiadványában én is szerepelek a meghatározó európai nők között: a 43. oldalon olvasható velem interjú. Gratulálok minden megszólalónak, kíváncsian olvasom a beszélgetéseket. Köszönet Elena Roux-nak, aki az interjút készítette és szerkesztette, és köszönet minden interjúalanynak, valamint Pascale Joannin-nak magáért a kiadványért!

Eye of the Monkey was featured on NYTimes.com

„I was also mesmerized by “Eye of the Monkey,” a new novel by the Hungarian poet Krisztina Toth about love and death in an unnamed autocracy. She describes how the more baffling and absurd everything gets, the more people cling to the scraps they can control: “His habits, routes, movements were a handhold; without them, he might lose his sense of orientation completely.” — Jennifer Szalai