KINGA TOTH (Sound)poet-illustrator, writer, translator, performer philologist and teacher of German Language and Literature, Communication specialist (journalist), Copy Editor of the art magazines Palócföld and Roham, cultural program organiser. Songwriter and front-woman of the Tóth Kína Hegyfalu project. Member of the Leadership of the József Attila Association for Young Writers and member of several art projects and associations. FELLOWSHIPS, FESTIVALS: 2019: Writer of City Graz, SHAPE artist, Palais Tokyo, Paris; Poesiefestival Berlin; Urbs.Art Festival Rome 2018: European Camarade Festival, London; Poesiefestival Berlin; Runokuu Festival, Helsinki; Shamrock Festival, München; Centre Pompidou Paris 2017: The best “Lyrikdebüt” Haus für Poesie, Berlin, Stadtsprachenfestival Germany; OSTPOL Festival Germany; European Camarade Festival London (Steve J. Fowler), Jazzpoetry Festival Pittsburgh 2016: Guest of Literaturhaus, Vienna; Exhibition and performance in “Räume für Notizen” Poetryfestival in Vienna, guest of Goldsmith University, London, member of CROWD literary festival (Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Malmö), guest in Cologne, Hamburg, SARDAM poetry fest. (Cyprus), MANIFESTA11 Zürich 2015: Berlin: Literaturwerkstatt, Lyrik im Ausland 2015: Belgrad, International Art Festival 2015: Leipziger Buchmesse 2015: Literary Festivals: Bucharest, Prague, Bratislava, London, Paris, Belgrade, Leipzig, Cluj, Trnava, Lviv 2014: Havirov art residency, Czech Republic,Visegrad Project 2014: Frankfurter und Wiener Buchmesse 2014: International Art Festival, Elias Canetti Gesellschaft, Ruse; Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria 2013: Fellow of the Solitude Akademie, Stuttgart; PRICES/RESIDENCIES: Literarisches Collocuium Berlin – writer residency, 2017 Solitude Scolarship (Ger) 2013, (literature, sound, visual art) Queer Publishing House’s novel price, 2012 (literature) Móricz Zsigmond literary prize (Hun) 2014, (literature) AIR scholarship (Afr) 2014 (literature, sound) Havirov residency (Cz) Visegrad Project 2014, 2015 (literature, sound, performance) Horváth Péter literary prize, nomination, shortlist 2014 (literature) Visegrad Literary Residency 2015, Bratislava (literature) Rosenthal Literary Residency Jena, (Ger) 2016 (literature, sound, visual art) BOSCH-Solitude-Wimmelforschung Art Program, 2016 (literature, sound) GEDOK Art Residency Lübeck (Ger) 2016 (literature, sound, visual art) 2016: Moonlight faces - CapsuelCollection (literature-design-fashion) Finalist in Budapest Fashion Show MANIFESTA 2016, Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich (performance, sound) Bosch-Wimmelforschung Artist Residency, Renningen-Stuttgart, 2016 (text, sound) Hazai Attila prize for Literature and Art (Hu), 2017 Iowa Writer Academy (USA), 2017 Margó-Bookfestival Special Prize for Best First Novel, 2017 Horváth Péter prize shortlist 2017 Sytrian Art Program, Graz, Austria (2017) Shamrock Residency, München (2018), Villa Sarkia Residency (Fin), 2018 MEMBERSHIPS: (Art/Literary Associations and Groups): József Attila Kör (2011-), Fiatal Írók Szövetsége (2011-), Hímzőkör (2012-), Verstörténés csoport (2011), Tárna csoport (2012), Író Cimborák (2014-), Szépírók Társasága (2014-), INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: Visegrad4 program coordinator, “Children of Transition Project”, Hungary (2014-), Solitude program coordinator (2014-) Hungary-Germany, White Elephant Collective (2016, Ger), GEDOK (2017, Ger), Forum Stadtpark (2019-) EDUCATION: 2012 Budapest College of Communication and Business, Budapest Communication and MediaStudies – Art and Communication (online critic and editing) MA 2006-2008 Pannon University, Veszprém: Philologist and Teacher of German Literature and Language MA 2001-2005 Kodolányi János University of Applied Science, Székesfehérvár: Teacher of German – Communicational Specialist: Editor/Journalist BA; 2004 Switzerland – Pedagogy Pratice LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, CONFERECES: Home in Literature (workshop with Michelle Sterling), Debrecen University, 2014 (Re)construction of authorship coference and performance (with Thomas Meinecke), Akademie Schloss Solitude, 2015 European performance and literature – conference, WordRRun festival, Belgrad, 2015 Translation workshop (József Attila Circle for Literature), 2015 Dunabogdány World-Text-Text-World conference and performance (Lettretage, CROWD Program and Max Höfler), Forum Stadtpark, Graz, 2016 How does Bosch sound? conference, workshop and performance, Bosch-Renningen, 2016 Gender und Literature (with Marianne Zückler – as Solitude-Organiser), 2017, Debrecen University Das Monströse in der Sprache – Vortrag, conference, workshop, performance – Kunstraum, Hildesheim, 2017 Panel discussion: In-Translation, Iowa University, U.S.A. (International Writing Program), 2017 Lecture: Textbodies, Iowa University, U.S.A. (International Writing program), 2017 International Translation Workshop, Iowa University, U.S.A. (International Writing program), 2017 Lecture und Performance – Textbodies (curated by Aron Aji), Iowa University, U.S.A., 2017 Das Monströse in der Sprache – Krankheit, Übersetzung, Hybridität – Debrecen Universität, Germanistik, 2018 Das Monströse-Textkörper und Hybridität – Göttingen Universität, 2018 Sprachkörper-Textkörper-Klangkörper – Die Angewandte Universität, Wien, 2018 Europa-Diversität – Graz, 2018 ASMR-Poesie, unterschiedliche Arten der performativen Poesie: Debrecen Gallery 2019, Pedagogische Universität, Graz (in German, English and Hungarian languages)
2020 Kinga Toth received the Hugo Ball Förderpreis for her intermedia--literary work in German language and also received the Bernard Heidsieck Prix (by Centre Pompidou and Foundation Bonotto) for her performative literary work.
