Zoltán Szalay (1985, Dunaszerdahelyi) is a Hungarian writer from Slovakia. He completed his studies at the Faculty of Law at the Comenius University in Bratislava. For two years, he served as editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Új Szó, and he now works as a legal analyst for the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic.

He has won many distinctions, including:

The Zsigmond Móricz Scholarship (2018)

The Nándor Gion Scholarship (2014)

The Golden Opus Award (2013)

The Winner of three Madách Prizes from the Literary Foundation for his works