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Resting place
  
Eger, Hungary

Genre
  
Historical novel

Occupation
  
writer and journalist

Name
  
Geza Gardonyi

Language
  
Hungarian

Role
  
Writer

Nationality
  
Hungarian


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Born
  
Geza Ziegler 3 August 1863 Agardpuszta, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (
1863-08-03
)

Notable works
  
Eclipse of the Crescent Moon Slave of the Huns

Died
  
October 30, 1922, Eger, Hungary

Spouse
  
Maria Molnar Csanyi (m. 1885–1892)

Movies
  
Stars of Eger, Romance of Ida

Children
  
Sandor Gardonyi, Geza Gardonyi, Jozsef Gardonyi, Gizella Gardonyi

Books
  
Eclipse of the Crescent, Slave of the Huns, Prisoners of God, The Lamp, My Village

Similar People
  
Istvan Dobo, Mihaly Vorosmarty, Zoltan Varkonyi, Istvan Nemeskurty, Steve Sekely

Géza Gárdonyi, born Géza Ziegler (3 August 1863 – 30 October 1922) was a Hungarian writer and journalist. Although he wrote a range of works, he had his greatest success as a historical novelist, particularly with Eclipse of the Crescent Moon and Slave of the Huns.

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Life

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Gárdonyi was born in Agárdpuszta, Kingdom of Hungary, the son of a machinist on the estate of an aristocrat in Western Hungary. He graduated at a college for teachers and worked for some years as a teacher and Catholic cantor. He married Mária Molnár in 1885, but their marriage was unhappy and they separated in 1892.

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Gárdonyi's career as a writer started off when he began writing for magazines and newspapers in the mid-1880s. His first successes were the satirical "Göre Gábor" letters on rural life, works which he later repudiated. Around the turn of the century, he started to tackle historical themes in writing, which resulted in a series of fine novels.

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He moved to Eger (today's northern Hungary) in 1897 with his mother and lived there until his death. He is also buried there, with his tomb bearing the inscription Csak a teste ("Only his body"). The house where he lived and did most of his writing is now preserved as a museum.

Eclipse of the Crescent Moon

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Gárdonyi's most famous novel Egri csillagok was published in 1899. The title translates literally as Stars of Eger, but it was published in English as Eclipse of the Crescent Moon. It is set around a famous siege of the town of Eger in Hungary by the Ottomans in the year 1552. In 2005 this book was voted "the most popular novel of Hungary" by viewers of the television programme Big Read (A Nagy Könyv).

Slave of the Huns

In the opinion of some people his best work was A láthatatlan ember, published in 1901. The title translates literally as The Invisible Man, but it was published in English as Slave of the Huns. It is set around the time of Attila the Hun.

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Although these two novels are very well known in Hungary, translations into English and other European languages only became widely published in the late 20th century.

Works

  • Egri csillagok (Stars of Eger / Eclipse of the Crescent Moon)
  • A láthatatlan ember (The Invisible Man / Slave of the Huns)
  • Isten rabjai (Prisoners of God)
  • A lámpás (The Lamp)
  • A bor (The Wine)
  • Ida regénye (Ida's Novel)
  • Hosszúhajú veszedelem (The Menace with Long Hair)
  • Az én falum (My Village)
  • Az égre néző lélek (Spirit, Looking at the Sky)
  • Állatmesék (Animal Tales)
  • References

    Géza Gárdonyi Wikipedia