Zsófia Balla

Zsófia Balla (born 15 January 1949) is a Romanian-born Hungarian poet and essayist.

[1] Balla was born in the Romanian city of Cluj to ethnic Hungarian parents.

Thereafter, she worked as a journalist for the national Romanian newspaper Elore and as literary editor for two weekly magazines.

[1][2] Considered to be one of the most prominent women poets in Hungary, she has received many awards, including the Romanian Writers Association Prize (1984 and 1991) and the Hungarian Attila József Prize in 1996.

In 2008, she became a Laureate of the Hungarian Republic (Magyar Köztársaság Babérkoszorúja).