Raluca Nagy

Raluca Nagy (born 1979) is a Romanian anthropologist and writer. She was born in Cluj-Napoca. She obtained a bachelor's degree in economics from ASE Bucharest, a masters in cultural anthropology from SNSPA Bucharest, and doctorates in anthropology from Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB; 'Free University of Brussels') and sociology from SNSPA Bucharest. She teaches at the University of Sussex.

She has published two novels to date:

• Un cal într-o mare de lebede ('A Horse in a Sea of Swans', 2018) – Sofia Nădejde and Observator Cultural debut awards, nominated for the Festival du Premier Roman de Chambéry
• Teo de la 16 la 18 ('Cleo from 16 to 18', 2021) – shortlisted for the Sofia Nădejde prize and the EU Prize for Literature

Her stories have been published in various volumes such as Scrisori din Cipangu. Povestiri japoneze de autori români (Trei, 2016).