Tibor Fischer
Tibor Fischer is a British novelist and journalist born in Stockport on 15 November 1959.
He was educated at Peterhouse and later attended the International Writing Program, two institutions that marked distinct stages in his development as a writer. His work is produced in English, and he has worked across both fiction and journalism throughout his career.
Fischer has received recognition from a number of quarters. He holds a fellowship of the Royal Society of Literature, an honour extended to writers of established standing in the United Kingdom. He has also received the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize, an award designed to bring attention to fiction that merits a wider readership.
His output sits within the broader tradition of English-language literary fiction, and his work as both a novelist and a journalist reflects a career built across more than one form of writing.
Quotes by Tibor Fischer
Miami, in many ways, is a quintessentially American city. The juxtaposition of showy wealth with dire pennilessness, the tussle of glitz and decay doesn't come any more marked than here.
The big question is why do we need the news? People who don’t know who’s in goverment still want the news. Is it because listening to the news allows us to have opinions? Is it because it gives us something to talk about, the human weather? Most readers who put down a paper certainly feel qualified to rule the world.
It’s true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence – an attitude that if it’s enjoyable it can’t possibly be literature.
I always consider every place worth exploring once- just in case there’s a thirty foot flaming sign divulging the secret of life, that no one has told me about.
Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can’t take a bit of criticism, you shouldn’t bother publishing a book.
I don’t take much notice of reviews now – obviously you’d like to have straight worship but you’re never going to get that.
As suburbs go, Bromley’s not bad. But as David Bowie and Hanif Kureishi have observed, you do want to get out of there quickly.
