Miklós Vámos

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Miklós Vámos (actually "Tibor") (born January 29, 1950 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian writer and dramaturge .

Life

After graduating from high school , Miklós Vámos was initially not allowed to study for political reasons. He worked as a typesetter , did his military service and was a member of a rock band. Then studied at the Eötvös Loránd University 1970-1974 Jura . After completing his doctorate, he was a dramaturge in a film studio. He had his first publications in 1969. From 1975 to 1988 he was editor of the literary weekly Élet és Irodalom (Life and Literature) . He has written plays as well as screenplays for a number of films. Vámos has lived in the United States for a long time and speaks several languages. In Hungary Vámos is now a media star with his own talk show ( “Lehetetlen” (“Impossible”)). He is a member of the Hungarian PEN Club.

Vámos' family saga about three hundred years of Hungarian history , The Book of the Fathers , has been translated into several European languages.

Vámos has one daughter and lives in Budapest with his current wife and two sons.

Book of Fathers

Awards

in Hungary among many others:

Translations from Hungarian

  • About love and hate . Translated from the Hungarian by Ernő Zeltner, btb, Munich 2006 ("Anya csak egy van")
  • Book of Fathers . Translated from Hungarian with notes and an afterword by Ernő Zeltner, btb, Munich 2006 ("Apák Könyve")
  • in English translation are available:
  • The Xenophobe's Guide to the Hungarians by Miklós Vámos and Mátyás Sárközi, 1999, ISBN 1-902825-31-4 (original edition in English)
  • Travels in Erotica (Who the Hell is Goethe?) , 2007 (“Utazások Erotikában”) announced by btb for 2010 under the title Meine Ten Frauen dnb

Web links

Commons : Miklós Vámos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Movie

personal data
SURNAME Vámos, Miklós
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian writer and dramaturge
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest