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Born October 14, 1942 (age 82) • Budapest • Hungary
Notable Works “A Book of Memories” • “Az égi és a földi szerelemről” • “End of a Family Story, The” • “Évkönyv: ezerkilencszáznyolcvanhét, ezerkilencszáznyolcvannyolc” • “Parallel Stories” • “Párbeszéd: négy nap ezerkilencszáznyolcvankilencben” • “Színtér” • “Szirénének”
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish author
Tibor Déry
Hungarian writer
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Henry James
Henry James
American writer
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Ferenc Molnár
Ferenc Molnár
Hungarian author
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
English writer
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Russian author
James Joyce
James Joyce
Irish author
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
American author
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Italian author
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French author
Graham Greene
Graham Greene
British author
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian author
Frank Sargeson
New Zealand writer
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith
British author
Witi Ihimaera
New Zealand author
Mérimée, detail of an engraving after a drawing by A. Devéria, c. 1832
Prosper Mérimée
French author