András Domahidy
András Domahidy | |
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| Born | 23 February 1920 Satu Mare, Kingdom of Romania |
| Died | 8 August 2012 (aged 92) Perth, Australia |
| Citizenship | Hungarian-Australian |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | Budapest University |
| Notable works | Indian Summer (1969), Shadows and Women (1979) |
András Kálmán Viktor Domahidy (23 February 1920 – 8 August 2012)[1] was a contemporary Hungarian-Australian, novelist and librarian.[2] His novels were written in Hungarian.
Born in Satu Mare, in northwestern Romania, András Domahidy completed a PhD in law at Budapest University and served in the Royal Hungarian Army towards the close of World War II. In 1950 he emigrated to Australia, settling in Perth and obtaining a BA at the University of Western Australia. Until his retirement in 1985 he was a senior librarian at the university.
Domahidy started writing in the 1950s and his novels Vénasszonyok nyara (Indian Summer, 1969) and Árnyak és asszonyok (Shadows and Women, 1979) were published in Europe. Shadows and Women has since been published in English translation in Australia.
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
- Vénasszonyok nyara [Indian Summer] (Rome, 1969; Budapest, 1987)
- Árnyak és asszonyok (Bern, 1979; Budapest, 1985) [Shadows and Women Translated by Elizabeth Windsor (Perth: Aeolian, 1989) ISBN 1-875306-00-5]
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ György, Elek (10 June 2013). "Újratemették Domahidy András írót". Friss Újság. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Domahidy, Andras (a.k.a. Domahidy, Andrew Coloman de; de Domahidy, Andrew Coloman )". AustLit Database. Retrieved 11 March 2007.
| International | |
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| National | |
- 1920 births
- 20th-century Australian novelists
- 20th-century Australian male writers
- Australian male novelists
- Hungarian male novelists
- 2012 deaths
- People from Satu Mare
- People from Perth, Western Australia
- University of Western Australia alumni
- 20th-century Hungarian novelists
- 20th-century Hungarian male writers
- Romanian emigrants to Hungary
- Hungarian emigrants to Australia