Ferenc Karinthy

Ferenc Karinthy is a Hungarian writer born with Budapest the June 2nd 1921 and died in Budapest the February 29th 1992. He is the son of the famous writer and Hungarian journalist Frigyes Karinthy (1887-1938). Linguist of formation, he is the author of Epépé , novel with the tonality Kafka ïenne, in which a linguist going to a congress to Helsinki is mistaken in plane, and in a country of which he finds himself includes/understands neither the language, nor the writing, in spite of its obvious competences in these fields.

Biography

June 2nd, 1921 birth with Budapest
1941-45 studies of literatures Hungarian woman, Italian and English and from linguistics at the university Pázmány Peter in Budapest
1947 grants in France, Switzerland and Italy
1948 obtains prestigious Prix Baumgarten
1949-50 author for the National theater
1950,1954,1974 rewarded by the Price Attila József
1951-53 collaborator with the newspapers Szabad Nép and Magyar Nemzet
1953-56 author for the Madách theater in Budapest
1955 rewarded by the Price Kossuth
1957-60 translated Machiavel and Molière, as well as works of authors Greek, English, Italian and German
1960-70 player of high-level of water polo to the CTF of Budapest
1965-75 author for the theaters of Miskolc, Szeged and Debrecen
1968-69 conferences in the United States
1972-76 guest of various associations of writers in the United States, Australia, the USSR and Cuba
February 29th, 1992 died in Budapest

Works

1943 Don Juan éjszakája (Gift Juan' S Night)
1946 Szellemidézés (1947 one training course, 1957, Conspiracy)
1953 Budapesti tavasz (Spring Comes to Budapest)
1954 Hazai tudósítások (Carryforwards from Home)
1956 Irodalmi történetek (Literary Stories)
1959 Ferencvárosi szív (Fan Ferencváros has off)
1967 Négykezes (Part for Four Hands)
1970 Epépé Édition Denoël (May 26th, 2005) ISBN 2207257215
1977 Harminchárom (Thirthy-three)
1994 Napló, 1967-91 (Newspaper)

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