Margit Kaffka

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Margit Kaffka, 1905
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Margit Kaffka was involved in the first edition of the literary magazine Nyugat, 1908.

Margit Kaffka (born June 10, 1880 in Großkarol , Transylvania , Austria-Hungary , † December 1, 1918 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian writer , poet and publicist .

Life

Her father was a civil servant who died early; the daughter could only study in a convent school. Kaffka received the teaching diploma for civil schools (polgári iskolai tanári oklevél) in 1902 and taught in Miskolc . In 1905 she married Brunó Fröhlich , a forest engineer. After five years the marriage failed, Kaffka went to Budapest , where she taught for another five years and married Ervin Bauer , a doctor-biologist, with whom she was happily married. From 1915 onwards, Kaffka was only active in literature. Kaffka and her son were victims of the worldwide Spanish flu in 1918 .

Poet, writer and publicist

The magazine Magyar Géniusz published the first poems of the then 21-year-old Kaffka . During her work as a teacher in Miskolc, she was a permanent member of the literary group Nyugat (German West ). Kaffka had two major literary themes: the crisis of the impoverished nobility (Hungarian dzsentri ) and the situation of contemporary women. Her second novel, Ants Nest, was a great success with the public; it dealt critically with monastery education.

Works (selection)

  • Versek (poems), poems 1903
  • Levelek a zárdából (Novellas), letters from the monastery, 1904
  • Kaffka Margit Koenyve (poems), book by Margit Kaffka 1906
  • A gondolkodók és egyéb elbeszélések (Novellas), The Thinkers and Other Novellas 1906
  • Tallózó évek (poems), years of gleanings, 1911
  • Utolszor a lyrán (poems), last time on the lyre in 1912
  • Csendes válságok (Novellas), Silent Crises 1910
  • Csonka regény és novellák (Novellas), Truncated Novel and Other Novellas 1910
  • Süppedő talajon (Novellas), Sinking Boden 1912
  • Szent Ildefonso bálja (Novellas), St. Ildenfonso's Ball 1914
  • Színek és évek (novel), colors and years 1912
    • Colors and Years (novel), from d. Hungarian. German by Ita Szent-Iványi, with e. Nachw. By György Bölöni. Berlin, Verl. Volk u. World, 1958
  • Mária évei (novel), Mary's year 1913
  • Állomások (novel), stations 1914
  • Lírai jegyzetek egy évről (Novellas), Lyrical Notes from 1915
  • Két nyár (Novellas), Two Summers 1916
  • Hangyaboly (novel), Ameisennest 1917
    • Anthill (Roman), German by Éva Zádor. Budapest, Kortina, 2008
  • A révnél (novellas), On the crossing 1918
  • Az élet útján (Poems), On the Road of Life 1918

Film adaptations

  • 1971: Ant's nest ( Hangyaboly )

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personal data
SURNAME Kaffka, Margit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian writer, poet and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Großkarol , Transylvania
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1918
Place of death Budapest