György Sebestyén
György Sebestyén (born October 30, 1930 in Budapest , Hungary ; † June 6, 1990 in Vienna ) was a Hungarian - Austrian writer , radio play and screenwriter .
Life
Sebestyén grew up - as was often the case back then - bilingual in Budapest. He published his first novel in Hungarian. The studied ethnologist fled to Vienna in 1956 after the Hungarian uprising , in which he had actively participated . From then on he published in German. In 1963, Sebestyén became an Austrian citizen . From 1988 to 1990 he was President of the Austrian PEN Club .
He was the editor of the cultural magazine Pannonia, financed by the Province of Burgenland , and of Morgen published by the Province of Lower Austria .
Honors and prizes (selection)
- 1975: Franz Theodor Csokor Prize
- 1976: Anton Wildgans Prize
- 1987: Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 1988: Tibor Dary Prize (in Hungary)
- 1989: Peter Rosegger Prize of the Province of Styria
Works
- The doors close , 1957
- The Man in the Saddle or A Long Sunday , 1961
- The School of Seduction , 1964
- Flute players and phantoms. A trip through the thaw , 1965
- Anatomy of a victory. Blitzkrieg over Israel , 1967
- Burgenland, where paths cross, 1977
- Thennberg or attempt to return home . Novel. Braumüller Literaturverlag, Vienna 2010. ISBN 978-3-99200-009-8 .
- Albino , 1984
- The Works of Solitude , 1986
- Journey through the thaw - Když nastala obleva , edited by Haimo L. Handl, with an afterword by Heide Breuer, translation from German into Czech by Helena Tesarikova. Illustrations by Robert Petschinka. Driesch Verlag, Drösing 2013, ISBN 978-3-902787-07-1
literature
- György Sebestyén. The Danube Centaur. A subjective portrait. Edited by Ingrid Schramm and Anna Sebestyen. Styria, Graz 2000.
- György Sebestyén: Life and Work. Edited by Helga Blaschek-Hahn. Styria, 1990.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Franz Krahberger reported on a day trip to the media business on January 12, 2009, accessed on January 24, 2010
- ↑ List of winners of the Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved December 9, 2015.
Web links
- Literature by and about György Sebestyén in the catalog of the German National Library
- Documentation for the exhibition about György Sebestyén (including a detailed biography)
- The blog of the Austrian Jewish Museum about György Sebestyén
- György Sebestyén in the literary archive of the Austrian National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sebestyén, György |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian-Austrian author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 6, 1990 |
| Place of death | Vienna |