Ági Bori
@agiborimottern.bsky.social
Translator (English ↔️ Hungarian) 📖 PDX ✈️ Budapest 🇭🇺Translation editor at the Los Angeles Review 📖 Russian language enthusiast 📖 Я за мир 🇺🇦
My heart is full ❤️🙏🏼
This is a first for Pool Party!!! A new story "Cotton Candy" from acclaimed Hungarian author, Miklós Vámos, translated by Portland's own @agiborimottern.bsky.social 🍭🍭🍭
Hits all our fav notes of nostalgia and childhood while also hinting at a deeper message. Hope you enjoy!!!
Hits all our fav notes of nostalgia and childhood while also hinting at a deeper message. Hope you enjoy!!!
When we first read “Cotton Candy,” we thought it was a story about a father sharing a nostalgic ritual of youth with his son. But there was something more, something in the child’s disdain for what he was told was a treat, but which actually was more of a bitter mess…
poolpartymag.com/cotton-candy/
poolpartymag.com/cotton-candy/
January 22, 2026 at 1:43 AM
My heart is full ❤️🙏🏼
Beyond grateful to have this essay by Miklós Vámos in my translation in @worldlittoday.bsky.social. A million thanks to Michelle Johnson and Daniel Simon for accepting this essay for publication.
In this essay up on the WLT Weekly, Miklós Vámos touches upon the craft of writing and the laborious research that goes into bringing a tome like The Book of Fathers to completion (trans. Ági Bori).
worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/essay/j...
worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/essay/j...
August 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Beyond grateful to have this essay by Miklós Vámos in my translation in @worldlittoday.bsky.social. A million thanks to Michelle Johnson and Daniel Simon for accepting this essay for publication.
I am giddy with excitement that this bold and stylistically unusual piece is out in the world! 💙
"Dear comrade major Respected Maj Dear deeply respected Comrade Major Ráday, I’m writing you a letter instead of talking to you in person, because in person it’s not so easy, not so easy to be clear..."
—Ági Bori translates Miklós Vámos
anmly.org/ap40/agi-bor...
—Ági Bori translates Miklós Vámos
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Ági Bori translates Miklós Vámos – ANMLY
anmly.org
July 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I am giddy with excitement that this bold and stylistically unusual piece is out in the world! 💙
I am beyond grateful to @apofeniemagazine.bsky.social for bringing this wonderful excerpt to anglophone readers. Swan Song by Miklós Vámos is a historical novel that chronicles two thousand years of history.
"As an officer of the armed forces, he made certain to stare the defiant privates in the eye until the last moment."
Read an excerpt from the novel SWAN SONG, translated from the Hungarian by Ági Bori.
www.apofenie.com/the-latest-c...
Read an excerpt from the novel SWAN SONG, translated from the Hungarian by Ági Bori.
www.apofenie.com/the-latest-c...
An excerpt from the novel ‘Swan Song’ — APOFENIE
by Miklós Vámos Translated from the Hungarian by Ági Bori As an officer of the armed forces, he made certain to stare the defiant privates in the eye until the last moment. However, he couldn’t stop ...
www.apofenie.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I am beyond grateful to @apofeniemagazine.bsky.social for bringing this wonderful excerpt to anglophone readers. Swan Song by Miklós Vámos is a historical novel that chronicles two thousand years of history.
This little gem found a beautiful home in @xraylitmag.bsky.social and I couldn’t be more grateful 🦜
‘Parrot’ by by László Darvasi, translated from Hungarian by Ági Bori @agiborimottern.bsky.social, is an incredible story i keep rereading…
it's about a parrot that flies around the city, repeating what it hears. read this 1,000 word beauty !!
xraylitmag.com/parrot-by-la...
it's about a parrot that flies around the city, repeating what it hears. read this 1,000 word beauty !!
xraylitmag.com/parrot-by-la...
PARROT by László Darvasi, translated from Hungarian by Ági Bori
As was his habit, he lay down for an afternoon nap, although next door they were building a church. The sounds of drills, hammers, and other tools kept waking him up. He fumbled his way to the kitchen...
xraylitmag.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This little gem found a beautiful home in @xraylitmag.bsky.social and I couldn’t be more grateful 🦜
I am beyond grateful and excited to see my translation in @wwborders.bsky.social today. A huge thank you to Susan Harris and her team for making this dream come true.
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
When Nikita Scored the Coke - Words Without Borders
A pack of bored teens in 1960s Hungary pursues a uniquely American high in this antic tale from Miklós Vámos.
wordswithoutborders.org
July 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I am beyond grateful and excited to see my translation in @wwborders.bsky.social today. A huge thank you to Susan Harris and her team for making this dream come true.
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
I’ve been staring at my computer screen for days, feeling so grateful. I hope you’ll give this piece a read!
April 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I’ve been staring at my computer screen for days, feeling so grateful. I hope you’ll give this piece a read!
I am so very grateful and happy about being included among these amazing authors and translators 💙
April 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I am so very grateful and happy about being included among these amazing authors and translators 💙
Reposted by Ági Bori
Had a great launch for Supersymmetry last night at @upupbooks.bsky.social . Thankful for everyone who came and listened to me and @agiborimottern.bsky.social talk about the novel. Available at lots of local bookstores but online as well.
February 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Had a great launch for Supersymmetry last night at @upupbooks.bsky.social . Thankful for everyone who came and listened to me and @agiborimottern.bsky.social talk about the novel. Available at lots of local bookstores but online as well.
I am giddy with excitement to have my flash fiction in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social
December 30, 2024 at 5:50 PM
I am giddy with excitement to have my flash fiction in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social