Attila Bartis

(1968, Marosvásárhely / Târgu Mureș, RO)

An Attila József Award-winning writer and photographer, Attila Bartis has lived in Budapest since 1984, and partly in Yogyakarta (Java, Indonesia) since 2014. He is a member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts. His short stories and novels have been published by the Attila József Circle and the Magvető publishing house. To date, four albums of his photographic work have been published (2010, 2016, 2018, and 2021). In addition to various literature awards and scholarships, he has received the József Pécsi Scholarship several times. He was presented with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic in 2006, and with the Laurel Wreath of Hungary in 2018. His works have been displayed at several solo exhibitions in Budapest, (Dorottya Gallery, Vintage Gallery, Erika Deák Gallery, Mai Manó House, and Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center), as well as in Frankfurt, Warsaw, Csíkszereda (Miercurea Ciuc), Marosvásárhely (Târgu Mureș) and the Museum of Fine Arts in Bucharest.