City Poet: Nóra Blascsók

Nóra Blascsók is a Hungarian poet based in Manchester. Her work has appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies including Magma, The Rialto, Perverse, Shearsman and Bath Magg among others. Her debut pamphlet ‘<body>of work</body>’ was published by Broken Sleep Books in 2022.

Nora became a Multilingual City Poet in 2025. So far, she has created the following works:

‘Guernica Children’
Commissioned for Manchester Literature Festival 2025 (Written in English and Hungarian.)

‘An Immigrant Gardener’s Manc A to Z’
Commissioned for International Mother Language Day 2026 (Written in English and Hungarian.)

‘SPEECH ACT: a river in eight culverts’ by Charlotte Shevchenko Knight
Hungarian translation of Culvert 7.

‘The Journal Entry’ by Charlotte Shevchenko Knight
Hungarian translation.

International Mother Language Day 2026/’The Lightest of All Luggage’ Launch
Readings at John Rylands library.

Readings at Manchester Literature Festival 2025: Manchester Multilingual Poets 2025
An evening of poetry with Charlotte Shevchenko Knight and Nóra Blascsók, debuting new commissions exploring themes of Welcome and Sanctuary.

‘Planting Roots’ Writing Workshop at Castlefield Viaduct
A poetry workshop for migrant women, in partnership with Afrocats.

Manchester: One City, Many Voices
Panellist for live readings and discussion event, in collaboration with MACFEST and Manchester Lit & Phil (May 2026).

‘The Lightest of All Luggage’ A Multilingual City Poets Anthology
Manchester City of Literature commission. Writer of ‘LIGHT ECHO’ and translation of Culvert 7 of ‘SPEECH ACT: a river in eight culverts’ by Charlotte Shevchenko Knight.