Antal Szerb

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born

May 01, 1901 in Budapest, Hungary

died

January 27, 1945

gender

male

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Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers

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Szerb was born in 1901 to assimilated Jewish parents in Budapest, but baptized Catholic. He studied Hungarian, German and later English, obtaining a doctorate in 1924. From 1924 to 1929 he lived in France and Italy, also spending a year in London, England.
As a student he published essays on Georg Trakl and Stefan George, and quickly established a formidable reputation as a scholar, writing erudite studies of William Blake and Henrik Ibsen among other works. Elected President of the Hungarian Literary Academy in 1933 - aged just 32 -, he published his first novel, The Pendragon Legend (which draws upon his personal experience of living in Britain) the following year. His second and best-known work, Utas és holdvilág, known in English as Jour...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 724 ratings · 82 reviews · 11 distinct works

	Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb, Len Rix (Translation) 4.13 avg rating — 371 ratings — published 1937 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Pendragon Legend 3.94 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 1933 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Oliver VII by Antal Szerb, Len Rix (Translation) 3.66 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1943 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Queen's Necklace by Antal Szerb, Leonard Rix (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1943 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Szerelem a palackban 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1935 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Az angol irodalom kis tükre 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings	My rating:
	Budapesti Kalauz Marslakók Számára 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	The Traveler by Antal Szerb, Peter Hargitai (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	My rating:
	In der Bibliothek : Erzählungen 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	A varázsló eltöri pálcáját 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1978	My rating:

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Quotes by Antal Szerb

“In London November isn't a month, it's a state of mind.”
― Antal Szerb, Journey by Moonlight

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“Szomoruak vagyunk tizenhat eves korunk szomorusagaval, szerelmeink megtort vonala grafikonszeruen elottunk van, ovatosan orulunk a holnapoknak, nagyon tavoli medvek borere iszunk, es tiz kilometer korzetben meghallunk minden zajt.”
― Antal Szerb, A Pendragon Legenda

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“O amor exige uma distância, que os amantes percorrem para se encontrar. Naturalmente, a proximidade é ilusória, porque o amor na realidade afasta.”
― Antal Szerb

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