Réka Mán-Várhegyi (born 1979) is a

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n-born Hungarian writer. She grew up in

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, Romania, before moving to Hungary. She became a Hungarian citizen in 1992. Her first collection of short stories ''Unhappiness at the Aurora Housing Estate'' (''Boldogtalanság az Auróra-telepen'') came out in 2014. She has also written books for younger readers, both children and young adults. Her recent novel ''Magnetic Hill'' (''Mágneshegy'') won the

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in 2019. She has also won a number of domestic literary awards. Mán-Várhegyi lives in

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, where she works as a book editor.Bio
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