Magda Szabó

Magda Szabó [ mɒɡdɒ sɒbo ː ] ( born October 5, 1917 in Debrecen, † 19 November, 2007 Kerepes at Gödöllő ) was a Hungarian writer.

Life

The daughter of a Calvinist family of civil servants completed a teaching degree in classical philology and literature in Debrecen and worked between 1940 and 1945 as a teacher, then she was in the Ministry of Religion and education issues busy. In 1947 she made ​​her debut with the poetry collection lamb. In 1949 it was occupied by a publication ban, which applied until 1959, and dismissed from the civil service.

The best-known works are the novels Szabó's " The fresco " (fresco, 1958), "The Other Esther " ( Az Oz, 1959) and " The Slaughter " ( disznótor, 1960).

1978 Szabó got the Kossuth Prize, Hungary's highest award for artists; 2003 Prix Femina. She was appointed a member of the European Academy of Sciences in 1993 and received in the same year an honorary doctorate from the Reformed Theological University of Debrecen.

Married since 1947 with Szabó was the author and translator Tibor Szobotka.

Works ( German language editions )

• The fresco. Novel, Island, Wiesbaden 1960
• The other Esther. Novel, Island, Frankfurt am Main 1961 recompiled as: Eszter and Angela, Folk and World, Berlin 1979

• Recompiled as: Pilate, Island, Leipzig 1976, and the elements, Secession, Zurich, 2010

• Abigail. Narrative, Corvina, Budapest 1978 recompiled as: Abigél, Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 1986

• An old-fashioned story. Novel, people and the world, Berlin 1987
• The door. Novel, people and the world, Berlin 1990 newly translated by Hans -Henning Paetzke as: Behind the door, with an afterword by Eva Haldimann. Island, Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-518-39559-9.

Films

• 2012: Behind the door ( Az ajtó ) - Director: István Szabó Starring: Helen Mirren, Martina Gedeck and other