Raluca Nagy

Raluca Nagy (born 1979) is a Romanian anthropologist and writer. She works at the University of Sussex, and is an associate lecturer at Hokkaido University in Japan. She has published two novels, the second of which was Romania’s finalist for the 2022 European Union Prize for Literature, and a memoir.

Life Nagy was born in Cluj-Napoca. She obtained a bachelor's degree in economics from ASE Bucharest, a masters in cultural anthropology from SNSPA Bucharest, and doctorates in anthropology from (ULB; 'Free University of Brussels') and sociology from SNSPA Bucharest. She did her postdoctoral research at Waseda University in Japan.

Nagy co-founded a flash-fiction platform, Laconic, which aims to promote Romanian literature. Her stories have been published in various volumes such as Scrisori din Cipangu. Povestiri japoneze de autori români (Trei, 2016).

Works

Despre memoriile femeii si alti dragoni (About a Woman's Memories and Other Dragons, 2024) Un cal într-o mare de lebede ('A Horse in a Sea of Swans', 2018) Teo de la 16 la 18 ('Cleo from 16 to 18', 2021) –