Bogi Takács
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- Author
- Linguist
- ELTE University of Budapest
- University of Iowa
- University of Kansas
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| Born | 25 December 1983 Győr, Hungary |
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| Genre | Science fiction, fantasy, poetry |
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| Spouse | R. B. Lemberg |
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Bogi Takács (born 25 December 1983)[1] is a Hungarian poet, writer, psycholinguist, editor, and translator. Takács is an intersex,[2] agender, trans, Jewish writer who has written Torah-inspired Jewish-themed work, and uses e/em/eir/emself or they/them pronouns.
Takács, who is disabled, has worked with a number of other writers on projects such as Disabled People Destroy.[3] They have been published in Strange Horizons, Uncanny, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, Publishers Weekly and Apex.[4][5][6][7] They completed an undergraduate degree, two master's degrees, an MSc in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and an MA in Theoretical Linguistics, all from ELTE University of Budapest. They moved to the United States to complete further post-graduate work at the University of Iowa.[8][9][10] They completed their Ph.D. at the University of Kansas in 2022.
Personal life
Projects
Takács writes a blog titled "Bogi Reads the World" dedicated to reviewing speculative fiction by marginalized authors. The site was launched in October 2016 and was most recently updated in May 2024.[14]
Awards and nominations
- Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction for Transcendent 2: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction[15]
- Finalist for the Locus Award for Transcendent 2: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction[16][17]
- Finalist for the 2018 and 2019 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer[18][19]
- Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer[20]
- Nominee for the 2020 and 2021 Elgin Awards for Algorithmic Shapeshifting[21][22]
- Finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction for The Trans Space Octopus Congregation[23]
- Finalist for the 2023 Ignyte Awards Critics Award[24][25]
- Shortlisted for the 2023 Lambda Literary Award for Anthology for Rosalind's Siblings: Fiction and Poetry Celebrating Scientists of Marginalized Genders[26]