Bogi Takács: Difference between revisions

'''Bogi Takács''' (born 25 December 1983)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?158990|title=Summary Bibliography: Bogi Takács|website=www.isfdb.org|language=en-us|access-date=2018-07-28}}</ref> is a Hungarian poet, writer, psycholinguist, editor, and translator.

Takács is an [[agender]] [[Transgender|trans]] Jewish writer, now resident in the United States, who has written Torah-inspired Jewish-themed work. E uses e/em/eir/emself or [[singular they]] pronouns.<ref>https://uncannymagazine.com/authors/bogi-takacs/</ref> Takács is also disabled and has worked with a number of other writers on projects such as ''Disabled People Destroy''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/destroy-science-fiction-disability_us_59949b80e4b0d0d2cc83cec3|title=A Sci-Fi Magazine Created Entirely By Writers And Editors With Disabilities}}</ref> Takács has been published in ''Strange Horizons'', ''Uncanny'', ''Lightspeed'', ''Clarkesworld'', ''Publishers Weekly'' and ''Apex''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://strangehorizons.com/author/bogi-takacs/|title=Bogi Takács}}</ref><ref name="TchaikovskySumption2018">{{cite book|author1=Adrian Tchaikovsky|author2=Caren Gussoff Sumption|author3=Bogi Takács|author4=Milena Benini|author5= Emil Minchev|title=Dracula: Rise of the Beast|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1oJHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT11|date=13 March 2018|publisher=Abaddon Books|isbn=978-1-78618-101-5|pages=11–}}</ref><ref name="CatoJones2017">{{cite book|title=Uncanny Magazine Issue 15: March/April 2017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qcs2DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA168|date=7 March 2017|publisher=Uncanny Magazine|pages=168–}}</ref><ref name="Dick2015">{{cite book|author=Steven J. Dick|title=The Impact of Discovering Life beyond Earth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_RrQCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT392|date=26 October 2015|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-316-42530-5|pages=392–}}</ref> Takács completed an undergraduate degree in Hungary and two master's degrees, an MSc in Psychology (Experimental and Cognitive Psychology) and MA in Theoretical Linguistics, both from ELTE University of Budapest but moved to the US to complete further post-graduate work in the University of Iowa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight-bogi-takacs/|title=Author Spotlight}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bogi.perelmutter.net/ |title=Bogi Perelmutter |newspaper=Bogi.perelmutter.net |date=  |author= |accessdate= July 24, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://clas.stage.drupal.uiowa.edu/comsci/research/word-learning-lab/student-biographies-0 |title=Student Biographies |newspaper=University of Iowa |date=  |author= |accessdate= July 24, 2018}}</ref>

*Nominated for the Locus Award for ''Transcendent 2: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction''<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2018 Locus Awards Highlight The Broad Range Of Science Fiction And Fantasy |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinmurnane/2018/06/26/the-2018-locus-awards-showcase-a-superior-collection-of-science-fiction-and-fantasy/|website=Forbes |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref>

*Finalist for the 2018 and 2019 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer <ref>{{cite web |title=Press release: Worldcon 76 announces 2018 Hugo Award finalists |url=https://www.worldcon76.org/entry/press-release-worldcon-76-announces-2018-hugo-award-finalists |website=Worldcon 76 |accessdate=23 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/2019/04/2019-hugo-award-1944-retro-hugo-award-finalists/|title=2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists|last=Cheryl|date=2019-04-02|website=The Hugo Awards|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref>

*"To Rebalance the Body" - in ''Nerve Endings: The New Trans Erotic'', 2020<ref name="Nerve">{{Cite web |title=Nerve Endings: The New Trans Erotic |last=Hill-Meyer |first=Tobi |work=Kickstarter |date= |access-date=5 May 2020 |url= https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tobitastic/nerve-endings-the-new-trans-erotic }}</ref>