Raised in Budapest, Léda Forgó (b. 1973) worked for Hungarian Radio as a director’s assistant from 1991-1992. She began studying history in Pecs in 1994, and moved to Stuttgart where she continued her studies and took courses in Puppet Theatre at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts. In 1998, she moved to Berlin and received a degree in "dramatic writing” from the University of the Arts in Berlin.

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to the book:
The Absence of Beauty

Awards:

• 2000-2002 Scholarship from the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung
• 2000 Scholarship from the Berlin Senate for the novel Like in a Bad Movie
• 2000 Invitation to the Göttingen dramatist’s workshop
• 2008 Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Förderpreis to promote young writers for My Brother’s Body
• 2009 Work grant from the Robert Bosch Stiftung
• 2010 Alfred Döblin Scholarship