Georg Kövary

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Georg Kövary (born February 21, 1922 in Budapest , † March 7, 2009 in Vienna ; actually György Ödön Miklós Kőváry ; pseudonym: Eric Corda ) was an Austrian writer .

Life

Georg Kövary attended elementary school in Berlin; his father Julius Kövary, a co-founder of the Hungarian cabaret, had moved to the film metropolis as a well-known actor in the 1920s. Kövary attended grammar school in Budapest and then worked as a journalist, translator into Hungarian of works by Ödön von Horváth , Franz Theodor Csokor and later by Georg Kreisler and others, cabaret artist and film dramaturge. From 1952 to 1956 he was head of the dubbing department of the Hungarian Film Works.

After the Hungarian uprising in 1956, he fled to Vienna, where he was also a recognized journalist and wrote film and theater reviews for newspapers such as the Kurier , the Wiener Journal and Die Presse . As part of the aid to Hungary, he got involved with his compatriots and organized a charity matinee with stars such as Peter Alexander , Karl Farkas , Hermann Leopoldi , Hans Moser and others at the Vienna Volkstheater . a. Later he also worked for the newspapers Die Bühne , Die Furche and Pester Lloyd and the satirical magazine Lúdas Matyi.

Kövary, an Austrian citizen since 1958, took over the management of the Wiener Theaterring at the daily newspaper Kurier for 16 years and headed the film club in Palais Pálffy. In addition to his book publications, he worked for radio ( Vienna 1 to 23 , Wiener Konzertcafé , thoughts of a humorist ) and television. He wrote and staged around 50 radio plays; his second wife, Brigitte Garzarolli-Thurnlackh, was the assistant director. He translated works by Tibor Váradi, Károly Szakonyi and Árpád Göncz from Hungarian .

His urn grave is in the cemetery of the Simmering fire hall (department E19, number 673).

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  • The school prank quintet. A humorous novel . Translation from Hungarian by Erich Bertleff. Paul Neff, Vienna 1957.
  • Herr Wuschelkopf's castle in the air . A children's musical in 2 parts, music: Norbert Pawlicki . Jungbrunnen Publishing House, Vienna 1967.
  • Wolfgang plays the main role . A humorous novel. Jugend und Volk, Vienna-Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7141-1361-4 .
  • Shut up the thief and shut up! A children's crime thriller. Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-218-00370-9 .
  • A Hungarian seldom comes alone. A Magyar mirror . Paul Neff, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-7014-0204-3 .
  • The playwright Franz Molnar . Wagner, Innsbruck 1984, ISBN 3-7030-0141-0 .
  • Tibor goes west or a Hungarian comes to paradise . A satirical novel. Styria, Graz 1992, ISBN 3-222-12154-0 .
  • A Hungarian seldom comes alone. The Magyar mirror polished up . Styria, Graz 1994, ISBN 3-222-12241-5 .
    9th new edition, Starks-Sture-Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-939586-11-1 .
  • Melancholy of the medullary bone. Robin Food's gastrophic journeys through the land of the Magyars. The first German-speaking restaurant guide in Hungary . Pester Lloyd, Budapest 2002.
  • Dream German with Hungarian subtitles . Pester Lloyd, Budapest 2002.
In addition, Kövary wrote radio programs, around 50 radio plays, stage plays and operettas.
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  • A mother's heart . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1982.
  • Children are a bridge to heaven . Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-218-00359-8 .
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SURNAME Kövary, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kövary, György Ödön Miklos (maiden name); Corda, Eric (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer of Hungarian origin
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 2009
Place of death Vienna