Miklós Vámos (born 29 January 1950), originally Tibor Vámos, is a Hungarian writer, novelist, screenwriter, translator and talkshow host, who has published 33 books.
Vámos was born in Budapest, the son of Tibor Vámos and Erzsébet Ribárszky. He used the name Tibor until his 19th birthday, when he changed it to Miklós.
He graduated from the Kölcsey Gimnázium French department in 1968. He was a member of the rock band Gerilla between 1966 and 1971. On his first try, he was rejected from ELTE Faculty of Humanities due to political issues. From 1969 he worked in the university press as a setter. He wrote about this in his novel Borgis. Between 1969 and 1970 he was a soldier at Kalocsa. He studied at ELTE Faculty of Law in Budapest from 1970 to 1974, PhD in law, 1975.
From 1972 he was the editor of the Jelenlét an arts faculty magazine. His first writings were published in literary journals "Új írás" in 1969.
After his graduation in 1975 he worked at the Objektív Filmstúdió as a dramaturg, until 1992. Between 1988 and 1990 he lived in the US. He worked at Yale School of Drama, City University of New York. He also was the reporter of The Nation an American weekly issued newspaper. From 1992 he is the president of the Ab Ovo organization.
Between 1995 and 2003 he worked as a television talkshow host in popular series such as Rögtön, Lehetetlen and 2 ember. From 1997 until 2003 he also worked as the art director of the International Buda Stage.
Since 2005 he is the talkshow host of reports with famous writers and poets at Alexandra's bookhouse.
It is broadcast by the channels Pax and Duna II.
He is also the Hungarian reporter of the Washington Post.
He understands many languages, including German, English, French, Spanish, Russian and even Latin.
He has a sister Éva Vámos. From his first marriage with Judit Pataki, he has a daughter, Anna Vámos. From his second marriage with Dóra Esze, he has twin boys, Péter and Henrik.
1969–Present: writer of novels.
1975–1988, Columnist of the Élet és Irodalom ("Life and Literature", literary weekly, Budapest).
1988–1990, visiting professor at Yale University, teaching playwriting and screenwriting.
1988–1989, Fulbright and CASTA Fellow at Yale University and at City University of New York.
1990–2003, East European correspondent to The Nation magazine (US).
1995–2003, Host of popular cultural TV talk shows, "Rögtön", "Lehetetlen", "2 ember".
2005– Talk show at Alexandra Pódium, "Vámos Klub".