Jolán Földes

Jolán Földes (Yolande Foldes or Yolande Clarent) (December 20th 1902, Kenderes - October 1963, London) writer E was a Hungarian . Its most famous novel is the Street of Cat-which-Fishing .

Jolán Földes was graduate with Budapest in 1921 then left for Vienna then Paris, where she attended the Faculty of Letters while working as worker and employee. Its first novel, Mária jól érett (1932) was a literary success in Hungary and gained the Prix Mikszáth.

Its comedy Majd has Vica (1933), written with Pál Vajda, was presented to the prestigious Nouveau National theater.

Its novel has halászó macska utcája ( the Street of Cat-which-Fishing ) tells the difficult life of a family of Hungarian emigrants of the working class with Paris after the First World War. It gained in 1936 the international Grand Prix of the novel of Pinter Publishing Ltd (London). The title refers in the name of the narrowest street of Paris, the Rue of Cat-which-Fishing. The novel was translated in twelve European languages.

In 1941, Jolán Földes emigrated in London and its last works were written in English.

Interlude (title to be confirmed) (originally Fej vagy írás ), is located in Egypt at the time of the Guerre of Spain.

Of Golden Earrings a film in 1947 was drawn, with Marlene Dietrich and Ray Milland. The novel, writes originally in English, was translated into Hungarian in 1946 pennies the title Aranyfülbevaló .

Jolán Földes was a popular auteure of the inter-war period. Its novels are amusing but she is regarded as a light author by literary criticisms. Only the Street of Cat-which-Fishing is appreciated like an important literary success. The novel was republished in Hungary in 1989.