Muri Darida (born 1993) lives between Budapest and Berlin. His literary work has been published in journals including BELLA triste, Edit, mosaik, and Jenny. He also regularly writes on political and social issues for publications such as ZEIT ONLINE, arte, taz, and SZ. An excerpt from his novel *King Cobra* was nominated for the Wortmeldungen Advancement Award in 2022, and he won the audience award at the Open Mike competition in 2024. In 2026, he received the Robert Walser Prize for the novel and was nominated for the German Book Prize.