Patricia Eszter Margit
...is a cultural manager, writer, journalist, PR expert and community organizer originally from Hungary, currently living in New York City. Her writings have appeared at JTA, Jerusalem Report, Nepszabadsag (Hungarian daily), Szombat, EJewishPhilantrophy, Marie Claire, ELLE magazines and edited the Budapest Times. She worked for the national radio as well as a pirate station, sang in a feminist punk rock band and a classical choir, advised women's NGOs on media advocacy and is a founding board member of the Hungarian National Committee for UN Women and Art Kibbutz, international Jewish artist colony. She played leadership roles at outstanding social justice and spiritual organizations, such as the 92nd Street Y, JCC Manhattan, Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the Carlebach Shul and Romemu. Currently works as a freelance interpreter, translator and editor.
Eszter acquired her Jewish studies background in pluralistic institutions such as Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo and the Conservative Yeshiva as a Legacy Heritage Fellow. She has an MPA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and had been a Woolrich fellow at Columbia University's Writing Program.
Her first novel, The Jewish Bride, was published in 2009 in Hungarian and sold out in three months. It was well received at the Hungarian National Book Fair and got significant attention in the Hungarian media, it was widely recommended in the Jewish community, but other publications also felt that it spoke to their readers. She is currently working on a new edition of her novel and the continuation of the novel. Eszter moved to New York and completed the English translation of her book, currently looking for a publisher. In 2021 she has received the Creative Artist Corps award from New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs.
Eszter acquired her Jewish studies background in pluralistic institutions such as Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo and the Conservative Yeshiva as a Legacy Heritage Fellow. She has an MPA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and had been a Woolrich fellow at Columbia University's Writing Program.
Her first novel, The Jewish Bride, was published in 2009 in Hungarian and sold out in three months. It was well received at the Hungarian National Book Fair and got significant attention in the Hungarian media, it was widely recommended in the Jewish community, but other publications also felt that it spoke to their readers. She is currently working on a new edition of her novel and the continuation of the novel. Eszter moved to New York and completed the English translation of her book, currently looking for a publisher. In 2021 she has received the Creative Artist Corps award from New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs.
