Laszlo Jakab Orsos

Laszlo Jakab Orsos joined the Library in 2016 as vice president of arts and culture. In this role, he both sets the strategic vision for and curates arts and cultural programming.

Previously, Jakab was the director and curator of the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, one of the world’s largest literary gatherings with more than 100 writers and several dozen events in New York City.

Before arriving in New York, Jakab had a career in Hungary and throughout Europe as a writer, scriptwriter, and creative writing instructor. He co-wrote The District; the film was awarded best feature at the Annecy International Animation Festival in 2005.

Jakab is an advisory board member at Human Rights Watch and Creative Time, a New York-based public art organization.