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Katarina Durica (Bratislava, 1983 –) writer, journalist, member of the Society of Hungarian Authors.

Life
She grew up in Šamorín, Žitný ostrov in the 1980s and 1990s. She studied Art History at Trnava University. In 2004, she traveled to Egypt, where she worked as a tour guide and installed representative. Next, she moved to Jordan, Turkey, then Tunisia.

She moved to Bratislava in 2008 to work as a journalist. In 2010, during the Radičová administration, she was spokesperson for the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture. She has worked as a freelance journalist in Budapest, to this day she often makes reports and interviews on topics related to women. Since 2013, her writings are published in the Hungarian ELLE magazine, and in 2011-2013, she reported for Index about various Slovakian political events. Her writings are published on the platforms of National Geographic, WMN, and the Slovakian Hungarian monthly Új NŐ. She also wrote for Kitekintő.hu, Új Szó, .tyzden, and Vasárnap.

Her first book, Escape to Egypt – inspired by her travels and the tourist destinations of the Middle East –, was published in Hungarian in 2013, then in Slovakian in 2014. Her second novel, Loving in Slovakian, which delved into the Slovakian Hungarian identity, was published for the 2016 Budapest Book Fair.

In 2018, her third book was published, titled Good Girls Cry in Silence, about the victims of the Hungarian mafia in Felvidék. The novel was adapted to screenplay, directed by Béla Paczolay, and debuted in March 2021 in the Comedy Theatre of Budapest. The play was also performed at the eSzínház festival, where Mari Kiss received the award for best actress.

Her fourth book was published through her self-founded Red Snow Publishing. Urban Foxes introduces the world of Brussels nightlife, diplomat wives, and Eastern European prostitutes. The book’s publication coincided with the resignation of MEP József Szájer, after his sex scandal.

In 2022, she published her fifth novel titled How Much Did It Cost You?, where she talks about the world of Hungarian surrogate mothers, egg donors and barren women.

Family
She is living in Brussels, with her husband Botond Feledy, and their three children.

Awards and nominations
2019 Aranykönyv (“Golden Book”) podium finish

2020 Highlights of Hungary nominee for her work in aiding vulnerable women

2023 ELLE Awards Author of the Year nominee

Novels

 * Escape to Egypt (Jaffa Kiadó, 2013)
 * Loving in Slovakian (Libri Kiadó, 2016)
 * Good Girls Cry in Silence (Libri Kiadó, 2018)
 * Urban Foxes (Piros Hó Kiadó, 2020)
 * How Much Did It Cost You? (Piros Hó Kiadó, 2022)