Imre Kőrizs was born in the last hour of 1970, in Budapest, Hungary.
He has a PhD in Latin language and literature, he teaches at University of Miskolc, Department of Comparative Literture.
He has published a volume of poetry, in 2009, its title is 'Ez az egész' (That's all). He translated many poems of Horace, the ancient Latin classic, they were published in 'Horatius versei' (Horace's selected poems), in 2006. In 2001, he edited a volume of foreign poetry in classical Hungarian translations ('Régi magyar műfordítások' = Old Hungarian Translations). His second collection of poems is planned to be published in 2015. ('Bubbles' is the working title.)
He has been editing monthly and weekly journals, and working as freelance journalist for Hungarian editions of magazines like Elle, Playboy, Decanter, Madame Figaro. Beside poetry, he has written essays, criticism, short stories and a lot of articles on wine and gastronomy.
His poetry was awarded by two major civil prize (Vas István Award, in 2004, and Déry Tibor Award, 2009), and a governmental one ('Our Maternal Language', 2nd prize, 2004).