Ágnes Rapai from Hungary was born in Szekszárd in 1952. She is a member of a number of organisations such as Szépírók Társasága (The Literature Society), MAOE and PEN. She has published five collections of poetry: Máshol (Elsewhere) 1985, A darázs szeme (Eye of the Wasp) 1990, Zadarnál a tenger (The Sea by Zadar) 1997, Arc poétika, 2006, Mindenhol jó (Everywhere's Good) 2007. Her works have been published in Switzerland in German (translated by András Sándor) and she has also been published in German anthologies such as Frauenfelder Lyriktage, Poesie Agenda, Ungarische Poeten. She has been in receipt of a number of bursaries, including from the Rosenthal Institute for the Holocaust (1995).