Melinda Nadj Abonji, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Melinda Nadj Abonji

Hungarian musician, artist and writer

Date of Birth: 22-Jun-1968

Place of Birth: Bečej, Vojvodina, Serbia

Profession: writer, artist, musician

Nationality: Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Melinda Nadj Abonji (born June 22, 1968 in Becej, Yugoslavia) is a Hungarian-Swiss writer, musician, and performance artist.
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. 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.