Sándor Márai




Sándor Márai

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born
December 13, 1901

died
February 22, 1989

gender
male

place of birth
Kassa (now Košice in Slovakia), Hungary

genre
Literature & Fiction

influences
Goethe, Thomas Mann, Robert Musil, Hungarian classic literature


about this author

Sándor Márai (originally Sándor Károly Henrik Grosschmied de Mára) (April 11, 1900 – February 22, 1989) was a Hungarian writer and journalist.
He was born in the city of Kassa in Austria-Hungary (now Košice in Slovakia) to an old Saxon family. In his early years, Márai travelled and lived in different cities: Frankfurt, Berlin, Paris and briefly considered writing in German. Finally, decided he could only write in his mother tongue, hungary. He settled in Budapest, Krisztinaváros (1928). In the 1930s, he gained prominence with a precise and clear realist style. He was the first person to write reviews of the work of Kafka.

He wrote very enthusiastically about the Vienna Awards, in which Germany forced Czechoslovaki...more




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avg rating: 3.68 | 1,517 ratings | 277 reviews | 76 distinct works | 7 fans
Embers Embers
by Sándor Márai
avg rating 3.68 — 885 ratings — published 1942
43 editions
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Casanova in Bolzano Casanova in Bolzano
by Sándor Márai
avg rating 3.30 — 90 ratings — published 1991
21 editions
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LA Herencia De Eszter / Esther... LA Herencia De Eszter / Esther's Inheritance
by Sándor Márai
avg rating 3.31 — 48 ratings — published 2000
15 editions
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La Mujer Justa La Mujer Justa
by Sándor Márai
avg rating 4.03 — 34 ratings — published 2005
2 editions
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The Rebels The Rebels
by Sándor Márai
avg rating 3.58 — 19 ratings — published 1930
13 editions
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Divorcio En Buda Divorcio En Buda
by Sándor Márai
avg rating 3.56 — 18 ratings — published 2002
4 editions
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Fuves konyv Fuves konyv
by Sándor Márai
avg rating 4.00 — 12 ratings — published 1991
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Memoir of Hungary, 1944-1948 Memoir of Hungary, 1944-1948
by Sándor Márai
avg rating 4.75 — 8 ratings — published 1991
12 editions
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Az igazi Az igazi
by Sándor Márai
avg rating 4.86 — 7 ratings — published 1992
4 editions
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Les Confessions d'un bourgeois Les Confessions d'un bourgeois
by Sándor Márai, Georges Kassai, Zéno Bianu
avg rating 3.71 — 7 ratings — published 1990
7 editions
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"Is disinterest not the essence of every human relationship?"
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"No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no amount of experience or insight is going to rectify our deficiencies, our self-regard, or our cupidity. We have to learn that our desires do not find any real echo in the world. We have to accept that the people we love do not love us, or not in the way we hope. We have to accept betrayal and disloyalty, and, hardest of all, that someone is finer than we are in character or intelligence."
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""... no tuvieron que hacer ningún `pacto de amistad´, como suelen los muchachos de su edad, cuando organizan solemnes ritos ridículos, llenos de pasión exagerada, al aparecer la primera pasión en ellos- de una forma inconsciente y desfigurada-, al pretender por primera vez apropiarse del cuerpo y del alma del otro, sacándole del mundo para poseerlo en exclusiva. Esto y sólo esto es el sentido del amor y de la amistad. La amistad entre los dos muchachos era tan seria y tan callada como cualquier sentimiento importante que dura toda una vida. Y como todos los sentimientos grandiosos, también contenía elementos de pudor y de culpa. Uno no puede apropiarse de una persona y alejarla de todos los demás sin tener remordimientos.
Ellos supieron, desde el primer momento, que su encuentro prevalecería durante toda su vida.""
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