Doc. Mgr. art. Pavol Száz, PhD.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Doc. Mgr. art. Pavol Száz, PhD
Writer | Associate professor | Editor | Bratislava, Slovakia
Pen name: Pál Száz
Address: Cintorínska 1382, Tešedíkovo 925 82, Slovakia
Mail: szaz2uniba.sk
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH
20.4.1987 in Šala, Slovakia
HIGHER EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC GROWTH
17.03.2023
Habilitation – Doc.
Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
Literary Science, specialization: theory of literature and history of specific national literatures
02.09.2013 – 24.08.2017
Literary Science – PhD
Department of Hungarian Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts,
Comenius University in Bratislava
2008–2013
Theatre directing and dramaturgy – Mgr. art.
Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Faculty of Theatre, Department of Directing and Dramaturgy
2006–2009
Acting – Bc.
Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Faculty of Theatre, Department of Acting
WORK HISTORY
from 01.09.2024 Associate Professor
Department of Hungarian Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
01.09.2019–01.09.2024
Assistant Professor Department of Hungarian Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
01.09.2018–31.08.2019
Assistant Professor Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Literary Science, Faculty of Central European Studies, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Hungarian: native
Slovak: superior, full professional proficiency
English: proficient, advanced high
French: advanced low, reading Croatian/Bosnian/Serbian: fluent, advanced high
SELECTED BOOK PUBLICATIONS
Book publication – fiction:
• Száz Pál: Arcadia. Kalligram, Bratislava-Budapest, 2011.
• Száz Pál: Halott föld, halott lányok. Kalligram, Bratislava-Budapest, 2013.
• Száz Pál: Mŕtva zem, mŕtve dievčatá. Translation: Gabriela Magová, Kalligram, Bratislava-Budapest, 2014.
• Száz Pál: Fűje sarjad mezőknek. Phytolegendarium, Kalligram, 2017.
• Száz Pál: Felszámolt temetők könyve és más feljegyzések útközben, Kalligram, 2024.
• Száz Pál: Bosnyák képek és más feljegyzések útközben, Kalligram, 2025.
Scientific monographs:
• Száz Pál: A tizedik kapu. A haszadism hatása a magyar irodalomra. Dunajská Streda, OZ Kalligram, 2022, 360 p.
• Száz Pál: Haszid, vérző Kisjézuska. kultúraköziség és szövegköziség Borbély Szilárd műveiben. Budapest: Kijárat Kiadó, 2020, 349 p.
Translations:
• Jaroslav Hašek: A távcsőaffér. Útirajzok a Monarchia tájairól, Typotex, Budapest, 2024.
Lecture notes:
• Műelemzések a 20. századi világirodalom köréből. 1. Franz Kafka, Albert Szenci Molnár Association, 2021. 46 p.
• Műelemzések a 20. századi világirodalom köréből. 2. Albert Camus, Albert Szenci Molnár Association, 2022. 48 p.
Published studies: more than 40 studies.
Detailed list of publications:
https://alis.uniba.sk:8444/search/query?match_1=PHRASE&field_1=a&term_1=Sz
Researcher profile:
https://comeniusuniversity.academia.edu/Sz
EDITORIAL WORK
• Editor of Kalligram literary magazine from 01.01.2017
• Editor of the literary magazine Irodalmi Szemle 2013 – 2016
• Moderator, editor of Radio Patria, RTVS, Bratislava in 2011–2012
SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS, RESIDENCIES, SCHOLARSHIPS
International Postdoctoral Residency Program:
• V4EaP, 51700261 From Vyšehrad and Visegrád to Višegrad – cultural contacts of Visegrad nations and nations of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the age of Austro-Hungary (27/3/2017 – 27/08/2017, Sarajevo) in cooperation with: Department of Comparative Literature and Librarianship, University of Sarajevo (supervisor: Prof. dr. Andrea Lešić-Thomas)
International Literary Residency Program:
• Visegrad Literary Residency Program 45171006b (01/09/2017 – 31/11/2017, Prague)
University research projects:
• UK/365/2014 Hasidic themes and motifs in contemporary Hungarian literature (2014) – principal researcher
• VEGA 1/0051/14 Ideologies, identities and self-representation in the context of linguistics and literary science in a multicultural space (2014-2016) – member
• VEGA 1/0272/17 Translation, cultural hybridity and plurilingualism in the context of Hungarian literary science and linguistics (2017-2018) – member
• VEGA1/0034/17 Transculturalism and bilingualism in Slovak and Hungarian literature (2018–2019) – member
• UGA X/5/2019 Central European texts in the context of hetero-image (2019) – leader
• VEGA 1/0106/21 Cultural memory, translation issues and plurilingualism in the context of Hungarian literary science and linguistics (from 2021– 2023) member • VEGA 1/0546/25 Konstrukcia identity, menšinové aspekty a naratívne spôsoby v diele Lajosa Grendela (from 2025) – leader
Scientific Research Scholarship:
• Slovak Arts Council (FPU) 17- 351-03692 Ivan Olbracht (07/2017–12/2017)
Creative Literary Scholarship:
• Fund for the Support of the Culture of National Minorities (FPKNM) 25-211-00566 Maradék (Pozostatok) (2025/9 – 2025/12)
• István Örkény Playwriting Scholarship (Petőfi Literary Museum, Ministry of Culture and Innovation) A mi kis jéerdénk (2024)
• Fund for the Support of the Culture of National Minorities (FPKNM) 23-211-01183 Az anti/monarchista útikalauza - Sprievodca anti/monarchistu (2023/1 – 2023/7) • Fund for the Support of the Culture of National Minorities (FPKNM) 18-211-01227 Feljegyzések útközben (Road Notes) (2018/9 - 2018/12)
• Fund for the Support of the Culture of National Minorities (FPKNM) 20-211-00384 Kelet és nyugat között – Between East and West (2020/3 – 2018/11)
• János Székely Scholarship for Poetry and Drama, Ministry of National Resources, Hungary (2009-2010) Daphnis (drama play)
Tutoring of a scholarship scientific project:
• Collegium Talentum, Budapesť, project bc. Nikoleta Nagy (2019–2020)
Erasmus+
• Univerity of Sarajevo, Department of Comparative Literature and Library Sciences, 21.4.2025 – 25.4.2025.
• Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) coordinator, hosting institution: Comenius University, Faculty of Arts, Partners: ELTE Budapest, Warsaw University Cours: The Works of Szilárd Borbély, 24.2.2025 – 30.6.2025.
MEMBERSHIPS
• FISZ – Fiatal Írók Szövetsége / Young Writers Association
• Bázis – Magyar Irodalmi és Művészeti Egyesület Szlovákiában / Hungarian Literary and Artistic Association in Slovakia
AWARDS
• 2025: Imre Madách Prize (Slovak Literary Fund, Bázis Hungarian Association of Literature and Arts in Slovakia) for the book Felszámolt temetők könyve és más feljegyzések útközben
• 2024: József Schweitzer Memorial Prize (Hungarian Hebraic Society) for the monograph A tizedik kapu
• 2023: Bázis Prize (Bázis – the Hungarian Literary and Artistic Association in Slovakia is an association) for the work - A szentek városa (részlet)
• 2023: Imre Madách Minor Prize (Literary Fund, Bázis - Hungarian Literary and Artistic Association in Slovakia is an association) – for the monograph A tizedik kapu
• 2022: János Sziveri Prize – for literary works (Sziveri János Társaság – János Sziveri Association)
• 2019: Artisjus Prize – for Prose of the Year (Magyar Szerzői Jogvédő Iroda Egyesület - Society Artisjus Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors' Rights) • 2018: Imre Madách Minor Prize (Slovak Literary Fund)
• 2018: Alfons Talamon Award (Association of Hungarian Writers in Slovakia)
• 2017: Litera napló Award (portal litera.hu)
• 2016: Fiatal kutatók a szlovákiai magyar tudományosságért díj – Young researchers for Hungarian science in Slovakia (Council of Hungarian Academics in Slovakia)
• 2009: Arany Opus Award (Association of Hungarian Writers in Slovakia)