Károly Molter

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Károly Molter (born December 2, 1890 in Óverbász , German  Alt-Werbass , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary ; † November 30, 1981 in Târgu Mureș , Romania ) was a Hungarian writer, critic and publicist.

Life

Molter came from a Danube Swabian family, but he preferred to use the Hungarian language . He studied first in Kecskemét , then at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Budapest . In 1913 he moved to Transylvania , where he settled in Marosvásárhely (today Târgu Mureș ). Between 1913 and 1945 he worked as a teacher at the local Bolyai Grammar School, which was run by the city's Reformed Church. After the annexation of Transylvania to Romania in the interwar period , he wrote for the literary-critical magazine Erdélyi Helikon in Brâncoveneşti in what is now Mureş County . He also worked on the editorial team of Zord Idő Magazin.

In 1937 he published his most successful work, the novel Tibold Márton , in which he told the story of the Magyarization of a Danube Swabian family, addressing the difficulties of the minority with the ethnic majority of the population.

After 1945 Molter taught German language and literature at the Bolyai University in Cluj . In 1950 he retired from teaching and moved back to Târgu Mureş, where he died 31 years later.

Publications

  • F. m. Melánia RT (1929)
  • Tibold Marton (1937)
  • Bolond kisváros (Stupid Little Town, 1942)
  • Reformáció és magyar műveltség (Reformation and Hungarian Culture, 1944)
  • Harci mosolyok (warlike smile, 1956; short stories)
  • Iparkodj kisfiam! (Defend yourself, my boy, 1964)
  • Szellemi belháború (Spiritual Civil War, 1968)
  • Komor korunk derűje (The brightness in our gloomy times, 1971; anecdotes)
  • Örökmozgó (perpetual motion machine, 1974; drama)
  • Buborékharc (War of the Bubbles, 1980; article)

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personal data
SURNAME Molter, Károly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian writer, critic and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Óverbász , Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1981
Place of death Târgu Mureș , Romania