Ferenc Karinthy (June 2, 1921 – February 29, 1992) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, journalist, editor and translator, as well as a water polo champion. He authored more than a dozen novels. His father was the writer and journalist Frigyes Karinthy. His mother, the psychiatrist Aranka Böhm, was killed in 1944 in Auschwitz. Spring Comes to Budapest was the first of Karinthy's novels to be translated into English (Corvina Press, 1964). His novel Epepe (Metropole) was later translated into English and published by Telegram Books in 2008.
Ferenc Karinthy
Author details
- Aliases:
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Ferencas Karintis, Ferenc L�aszl�o Krist�of Karinthy, F. Karinthy, and 8 others
Karinthy Ferenc, Ferents Karinti, 斐連迦·卡琳迪, Feren�t�s Karinti, カリンティ・フェレンツ, Ferenc Karinti, フェレンツ カリンティ, Ferenc Karinthy - Born:
- June 1, 1921
- Died:
- Feb. 28, 1992
