Géza Gárdonyi

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Géza Gárdonyi

Géza Gárdonyi [ ˈɡeːzɒ ˈɡaːrdoɲi ] (born August 3, 1863 in Agárd , Hungary , as Géza Ziegler ; † October 30, 1922 in Eger , Hungary) was a Hungarian writer .

Life

Gárdonyi was born on August 3, 1863 in Agárdpuszta , a small town on the coast of Lake Velence . His father, Sándor Ziegler, was a mechanic, his mother was Terézia Nagy. His father's family came from Saxony and was Protestant . During Gárdonyi's childhood, the family lived in twelve different towns, including Sály , where Gárdonyi began his primary school (1870–1873). Gárdonyi finished his last school year in Hejőcsaba (1873–1874).

During his high school years, Gárdonyi learned in Sárospatak (1874–1876) and in Pest (1876–1878). From 1878 the writer studied teaching in Eger. After his studies he was a teacher assistant in Karád (1881-1882), where he got his diploma. He then taught in Devecser (1882–1883), Sárvár (1883–1884) and Dabrony (1884–85).

Gárdonyi's grave in Eger

In 1885 he married Mária Molnár (Csányi), but their marriage was unhappy. They divorced in 1892. The marriage produced four children, three boys and one girl.

In Győr, Gárdonyi worked for the magazines Hazánk , Győri Közlöny and Győri Hírlap . In 1886 he started his own newspaper called Tanítóbarát . Meanwhile, his novels and poems were published in various Pest newspapers.

In 1897 he moved to Eger with his mother, where Gárdonyi spent his last days - a stranger to the world.

When Gárdonyi wrote Stars von Eger on his most famous work , he was living here, in Eger, where he also died in 1922 at the age of 59. His tomb is inside the Eger Castle , where the historical events of the Turkish siege took place, which make up the main part of the plot of the Stars of Eger . During his time in this city he was called the "Hermit of Eger".

Gárdonyi has received many awards. The Géza Gárdonyi Memorial Museum is now located in his former home in Eger. Especially in Eger streets, schools and theater buildings were named after him, but also in other parts of the country. There are memorial plaques on the houses and schools in which he worked. In Budapest there is a memorial to the writer on Bartók Béla utca.

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Gárdonyi is best known as a narrator, but also wrote poems and plays. At first he wrote crude satirical folk books. His actual literary career began with stories from Hungarian village life that go back to memories of his youth and portray the unspoiled world of the village in a transfigurative and naive way. His popularity is based above all on his historical novels in which he describes topics of Hungarian history in an exciting and patriotistic way. His main work, Sterne von Eger , is required reading in Hungarian schools.

Works

  • A lámpás , 1894, story (German: Die Lampe , Leipzig 1954), film adaptation: Hungary 1973, TV (director: Miklós Hajdúfy)
  • Az én falum. Egy tanitó följegyzései , 1898, stories (from it: The painter in the village , in: The last cigar in the "Arabian horse" . Hungarian stories, Leipzig 1988; The request for advice , in: Hungarian storytellers. Zurich 1974)
  • Egri csillagok , 1899/1900, historical novel (German Stars von Eger , Berlin 1958), film adaptation: Hungary 1923 (director: Pál Fejös), Hungary 1968 (director: Zoltán Várkonyi)
  • A bor , first performance Budapest 1901, folk play in three acts (German: The Wine , first performance Volkstheater Wien, 1903), film adaptation: Hungary 1933 (director: István György)
  • A láthatatlan ember , 1901, historical novel ( Ger . Who are you , Budapest 1941, later under the title I was subject to the Huns )
  • Isten rabjai , 1908, historical novel ( how the moon is reflected in the lake , Leipzig 1979), later under the title Die Gefangen Gottes ; Filming: Hungary 1942 (Director: Ágoston Pacséry)
  • Ida regénye , Roman 1924 ( Ger . Ida's fake marriage . Vienna: Kortina 2008), film adaptation: Hungary 1934 (director: Steve Sekely )
  • Szunyoghy miatyánkja , Roman (German familiar with the night , Hamburg 1961)
Film adaptations
  • Göre Gábor visszatér , Hungary 1940 (Direction: István György)
  • Az öreg tekintetes , TV Hungary 1987 (Director: Tibor Horváth)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Gárdonyi, Géza
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ziegler, Géza (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Agárd , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1922
Place of death Eger (Hungary)