This year’s Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding, one of Germany's most important literature prizes, went to György Dalos, a Hungarian writer living in Berlin. In his latest book, Der Vorhang geht auf - Das Ende der Diktaturen in Osteuropa, Dalos looks at the end of dictatorships in Eastern Europe.

Hungarian writers Péter Nádas and Imre Kertész were also honoured with the Award before.

Balaton Brigade, one of the most successful novels of György Dalos is available in German language in the web shop of Hungaropress>>