Ferenc Karinthy
Hungarian writer, journalist, linguist · Hungary · On the map · Writers · Lived 1921 to 1992 · aged 70
Ferenc Karinthy was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, journalist, editor and translator, as well as a water polo champion. He authored more than a dozen novels. His father was the writer and journalist Frigyes Karinthy. His mother, the psychiatrist Aranka Böhm, was killed in 1944 in Auschwitz.
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1992Died29 February 19921987Karinthy RingAward1955Kossuth PrizeAward1950József Attila PrizeAward1949Baumgarten PrizeAward1921Born2 June 1921
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Zoltán Fábri Directed Summer Clouds and The Housewarming
Márta Mészáros Directed Everyday Stories (1955)
Péter Bacsó Directed The Day before Yesterday (1982)
Viktor Gertler Directed A bűvös szék (1953)
Félix Máriássy Directed Springtime in Budapest (1955)
Gábor Rajnay Also in Springtime in Budapest and Summer Clouds
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Country
Hungary
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1921 to 1992 · aged 70
