Melinda Nadj Abonji (born June 22, 1968 in Bečej, Yugoslavia) is a Hungarian-Swiss writer, musician, and performance artist.[1] Melinda Nadj Abonji was born in the Hungarian part of Vojvodina, in present-day Serbia. She came to Switzerland at the age of 5 to join her refugee parents.
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Born | June 22, 1968 |
After finishing her studies at the University of Zurich, she wrote a novel, Fly Away, Pigeon, based on her refugee experiences, which in 2010 won the German Book Prize and the Swiss Book Prize.[1][2]
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