David Vajda is a writer and director based in Berlin and Vienna.  At nthspace Torino he plans to finish his first novel.  Diamanten is about the death of a mother and the sarcasm of her four children—a tale of grief and cinema inspired by the works of Natalia Ginzburg, Turin’s grande dame of literature.

David has contributed stories to The Guardian, Edit, Dummy, Reportage and The Financial Times Weekend Magazine.  In 2021 he premiered a 51-minute film co-directed with his brother Saša Vajda—JESUS EGON CHRISTUS—at the 71st Berlinale and is currently developing his debut feature with funding from the Austrian Ministry of Culture.  He holds a BA in Philosophy from University College London and an MPhil in International Relations and Politics from University of Cambridge.

Diamanten will be published by Hanser Berlin in March 2026, in part funded by a 2025 Work Stipend for Literature from the Berlin Senate.

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