Tibor Fischer
Tibor Fischer (born November 15, 1959 in Stockport ) is a British writer.
Life
Tibor Fischer's parents, who were both basketball players, fled Hungary after the suppression of the Hungarian people's uprising in 1956. His father worked as a radio editor at BBC Radio 4 after graduating .
Fischer grew up in London and attended a comprehensive school . He studied Romance languages and Latin at the Peterhouse of Cambridge University .
Fischer's debut novel Under the Frog (Stalin or I) won the Betty Trask Award in 1992 and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 1993 .
In 2017, Fischer defended the cultural policy of the Hungarian government Viktor Orbán , which restricted the work of the Central European University in Budapest, funded by George Soros, through laws and administrative measures . By Michael Ignatieff Fischer was accused of twisting simple facts.
Works
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Under the Frog , (1992)
- Stalin or me: Roman . Ulrich Blumenbach in Romanian. Reinbek: Rowohlt, 1997
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The Thought Gang (1994)
- I rob, therefore I am: the Eddie Coffin story . Ulrich Blumenbach in Romanian. Berlin: Rowohlt, 1997
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The Collector Collector (1997)
- The voyeur: novel . Ulrich Blumenbach in Romanian. Berlin: Rowohlt, 1998
- Don't Read This Book If You're Stupid . Stories. (2000)
- Voyage to the End of the Room (2003)
- Good to be God (2008)
- Crushed Mexican Spiders . Stories. (2011)
- How to Rule the World . Corsair, 2018
Web links
- Literature by and about Tibor Fischer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Tibor Fischer in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Tibor Fischer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sean Matthews: Tibor Fischer , at the British Council
- Tibor Fischer: A Hungarian Democrat Takes on the Old Guard , in: Standpoint , March 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tibor Fischer: I don't recognize Viktor Orbán as a 'tyrant' , in: The Guardian , April 20, 2017
- ↑ Michael Ignatieff: Democracy and academic freedom in Viktor Orbán's Hungary , letter to the editor, in: The Guardian, April 23, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischer, Tibor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockport |