Gábor from Vaszary

Gábor von Vaszary (born July 1, 1897 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary , † May 22, 1985 in Lugano , Switzerland ) was a Hungarian writer and screenwriter . Among other things, he worked as an illustrator, fashion draftsman, poster and portrait painter. At times he worked as a journalist and wrote children's books.

Life

Vaszary first graduated from high school and then attended the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1924 he went to Paris to study , from which he only returned to Hungary in 1932. In 1947 he emigrated to Switzerland and later worked for Radio Free Europe .

His novel Monpti was published in 1934. Inspired by the author's impressions during his stay in Paris, it depicts the love story of the first-person narrator with a Parisian typist with bitter humor . In 1957 Helmut Käutner made the film Monpti with Horst Buchholz and Romy Schneider as a romantic couple .

Works

Mesekönyv. 1928
Monpti. 1934
- German edition: Monpti. Rowohlt, Berlin 1936
O. 1935
- German edition: You. Hamburg 1941
Csak te! 1936
Vigyázz, ha jön a nő. 1936
Chains Párizs ellen. 1938
- German edition: Two against Paris. Translated from the Hungarian by Josef Paul Toth. Esche, Leipzig 1937
Kislány a láthatáron. 1939
- German edition: Summer Intermezzo. Munich 1954
A szőkékkel mindig baj van. 1939
Hárman egymás ellen. 1939
- German edition: Three against Marseille. Vienna 1949
Az ördög nem alszik. 1940
Tavaszi eső. 1941
Cain. 1942
A nő a pokolban is úr.
- German edition: When you have friends. Hamburg 1942
Alszik az Isten. 1943
- German edition: Life begins at 17. Vienna 1955
Volt egyszer. 1943
Bubus. 1944
We will make it happen. 1952
Marry me, Chérie. Vienna 1956
The stars are pale. 1957
When women cheat. 1957
Goodbye, mon amour. 1957
The next love, please! Rowohlt, Hamburg 1962
Kuki. 1963
Spring rain. 1965
She was called Celine. 1975

Filmography

Literary template

1943: Beloved treasure - also screenplay
1949: I'll make you happy
1952: We'll rock the child
1953: Life begins at seventeen
1954: you
1957: Monpti - also screenplay
1964: Marry me, Chéri

script

1957: When women cheat

literature

Károly Lyka : Vaszary, Gábor . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 135 .
Gabor von Vaszary , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 30/1985 of July 15, 1985, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of the article freely available)

Web links

Literature by and about Gábor von Vaszary in the catalog of the German National Library
Gábor von Vaszary at filmportal.de
Gábor von Vaszary at zeit.de
Gábor Vaszary in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The rotary novels of the Rowohlt publishing house 1946–1961 , with Lewin Fischer (search function)

Individual evidence

^ Gábor von Vaszary † . In: The world . June 6, 1985, p. 13 , on the right in the Journal box ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ): “According to most of Vaszary's biographers, the writer would have turned 80 on June 7th. Ms. Vaszary, however, stated that her husband was born in Budapest on July 1, 1897. "

personal data
SURNAME	Vaszary, Gábor from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Vaszary, Gábor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Budapest , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH	May 22, 1985
Place of death	Lugano , Switzerland

[1] Gábor von Vaszary † . In: The world . June 6, 1985, p. 13 , on the right in the Journal box ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ): “According to most of Vaszary's biographers, the writer would have turned 80 on June 7th. Ms. Vaszary, however, stated that her husband was born in Budapest on July 1, 1897. "