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Frigyes Karinthy

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family in Budapest. His family was originally Jewish, but converted to Lutheranism shortly before he was born. He started his writing career as a journalist and remained a writer of short, humorous blurbs until his death. He rose to instant fame in 1912 with the publication of his literary
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Karinthy was married twice. He married the actress Etel Judik in 1913. The marriage was serene and happy and they had a son called Gábor. Tragically, Etel died very young during the
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He is well known for his dry sense of humor, as he himself noted: "In humor I know no jokes." Just one example of it was his advertising slogan for his book
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Among the English translations of Karinthy's works are two science fiction novellas that continue the adventures of
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into Hungarian, Karinthy's own fiction was influenced by Wells. Another popular highlight is his translation of
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A Journey Round My Skull, First American Edition published by Harper and Brothers, New York, 1939 (repr 2008)
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in 1918. In 1920, he married the psychiatrist Aranka Böhm, with whom he had another son, the writer
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author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator. He was the first proponent of the
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Katalin Csala, "The Puzzling Connection between H.G. Wells and Frigyes Karinthy."
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is a polished and darkly humorous satire on the 'battle of the sexes'.
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Biography, quotes, publications compiled for the Frankfurt Book Fair
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is an early examination of artificial intelligence, with a
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at the website of the secondary school named after him
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Author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator
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In addition to translating Wells' 750:20th-century Hungarian male writers 431:Voyage to Faremido & Capillaria 745:People of Hungarian-Jewish descent 656:Karinthy's entry in Albert Tezla: 650:A History of Hungarian Literature, 618:Works by or about Frigyes Karinthy 307:for which he was operated upon in 162:concept, in his 1929 short story, 14: 690:Hungarian science fiction writers 730:20th-century Hungarian novelists 474:Science-Fiction: The Early Years 417:adapted, from the Hungarian, by 415:Refund : a farce in one act 409:Drama: A Farce-Satire in One Act 646:The Grotesque: Frigyes Karinthy 335:after a quarrel with his wife. 1: 543:Biography of Frigyes Karinthy 38: 740:Burials at Kerepesi Cemetery 666:– book review at 50watts.com 403:Works in English translation 139:when mentioning individuals. 16:Hungarian writer (1887–1938) 771: 571:– the complete translation 496:– the complete translation 126: 627:Works by Frigyes Karinthy 609:Works by Frigyes Karinthy 554:Esperanto Knowledge (XXG) 213:Karinthy was born into a 160:six degrees of separation 151:[ˈfriɟɛʃˈkɒrinti] 119:six degrees of separation 30: 735:20th-century translators 705:Translators to Hungarian 685:Hungarian male novelists 664:A Journey Round My Skull 531:A Journey Round My Skull 425:A Journey Round My Skull 294:, 1916) and its sequel, 245:The Country of the Blind 135:. This article uses 127:The native form of this 321:Utazás a koponyám körül 317:Journey Round my Skull, 680:Hungarian Esperantists 648:. In: Lóránt Czigány: 394:, based on a novel by 381: 363:Journey Round my Skull 376: 303:Karinthy had a brain 280:bent. Karinthy cited 369:Selected filmography 224:Here's How YOU Write 695:Hungarian satirists 755:Network scientists 700:European pacifists 382: 379:József Rippl-Rónai 313:Herbert Olivecrona 287:Voyage to Faremido 192:Voyage to Faremido 137:Western name order 613:Project Gutenberg 592:978-1-59017-258-2 581:Struggle for Life 511:Patrick Parrinder 292:Utazás Faremidóba 269:book in Hungary. 125: 124: 762: 631: 622:Internet Archive 556: 551: 545: 540: 534: 528: 522: 503: 497: 491: 485: 463: 387:The Stork Caliph 153: 148: 143:Frigyes Karinthy 133:Karinthy Frigyes 117:Originating the 80: 58: 56: 43: 40: 35: 25:Frigyes Karinthy 21: 770: 769: 765: 764: 763: 761: 760: 759: 670: 669: 629: 605: 565: 560: 559: 552: 548: 541: 537: 529: 525: 504: 500: 492: 488: 470:Richard Bleiler 464: 457: 452: 405: 392:Alexander Korda 371: 352:Ferenc Karinthy 341: 265:that made it a 261:Winnie the Pooh 236:Tanár úr, kérem 211: 176:Ferenc Karinthy 146: 140: 91: 82: 78: 69: 67:Austria-Hungary 60: 54: 52: 44: 41: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 768: 766: 758: 757: 752: 747: 742: 737: 732: 727: 722: 717: 712: 707: 702: 697: 692: 687: 682: 672: 671: 668: 667: 661: 653: 643: 637: 632: 630:(in Hungarian) 624: 615: 604: 603:External links 601: 600: 599: 594: 584: 578: 572: 564: 561: 558: 557: 546: 535: 523: 498: 486: 454: 453: 451: 448: 447: 446: 440: 434: 428: 422: 419:Percival Wilde 412: 404: 401: 400: 399: 370: 367: 340: 337: 282:Jonathan Swift 210: 207: 123: 122: 115: 114:Known for 111: 110: 107: 103: 102: 97: 93: 92: 83: 81:(aged 51) 77:29 August 1938 75: 71: 70: 61: 50: 46: 45: 36: 28: 27: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 767: 756: 753: 751: 748: 746: 743: 741: 738: 736: 733: 731: 728: 726: 723: 721: 718: 716: 713: 711: 708: 706: 703: 701: 698: 696: 693: 691: 688: 686: 683: 681: 678: 677: 675: 665: 662: 660: 659: 654: 651: 647: 644: 641: 638: 636: 633: 628: 625: 623: 619: 616: 614: 610: 607: 606: 602: 598: 595: 593: 589: 585: 582: 579: 576: 573: 570: 567: 566: 562: 555: 550: 547: 544: 539: 536: 532: 527: 524: 520: 516: 512: 508: 502: 499: 495: 490: 487: 483: 482:9780873384162 479: 475: 471: 467: 466:E. 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Budapest
Austria-Hungary
Siófok
Hungary
Hungarian
six degrees of separation
personal name
Western name order
[ˈfriɟɛʃˈkɒrinti]
Hungarian
six degrees of separation
Ada Karinthy
Ferenc Karinthy
Swift
Gulliver
Voyage to Faremido
pacifist
Capillaria
bourgeois
parodies
H. G. Wells
The Country of the Blind
The Sea Lady
A. A. Milne
Winnie the Pooh
cult
World War I
satirical
Jonathan Swift

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