Csilla Toldy is a writer and translator who came to live in NI in 1998. Her writing and film poems have been supported by various agencies, including the Executive Office of NI, The Arts Councils of North and South and Newry and Mourne Council. Her poetry and fiction books are: Red Roots – Orange Sky, The Emigrant Woman’s Tale and Vertical Montage (2013, 2015, 2018 Lapwing Belfast) Angel Fur and other stories (2019 Stupor Mundi), reviewed in the Irish Times. With her debut novel, Bed Table Door, (2023, Wrecking Ball), she received the Desmond Elliot Prize Residency of the National Centre for Writing, Norwich, Unesco City of Literature.
Paul Thompson, head of writing at NYU said about Bed Table Door:
“Csilla Toldy is a discovery, she has a unique, authentic voice.”
www.csillatoldy.co.uk