Áron Tamási (born: János Tamás; 20 September 1897 – 26 May 1966) was a Hungarian writer. He became well known in his native region of Transylvania and in Hungary for his stories written in his original Székely style.
Born to a Székely family in Farkaslaka in Udvarhely County (present-day Lupeni, Harghita County), he graduated in Law and Commerce at the Babeş-Bolyai University, Tamási emigrated to the United States in 1923, soon after Transylvania became part of Romania. He wrote his first Hungarian-language novels there, and these were soon published in Cluj-Napoca, to widespread acclaim. He returned home in 1926 and lived in Transylvania until 1944.
One of Tamási's most famous works from this period was a novel trilogy about the adventures of a Székely boy called Ábel, a young forest ranger living alone in the Hargita Mountains. Tamási moved to Budapest in 1944, and lived there until his death in 1966. At his request, he was buried in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, Romania.
Works
Szász Tamás, a pogány – Cluj-Napoca, 1922 – short story
Lélekindulás – Cluj-Napoca, 1925 – short stories
Szűzmáriás királyfi – 1928 – novel
Erdélyi csillagok 1929 – short stories
Címeresek – Cluj-Napoca, 1931 – novel
Helytelen világ – Cluj-Napoca, 1931 – short stories
Ábel a rengetegben – Cluj-Napoca, 1932 – novel
Ábel az országban – Cluj-Napoca, 1934 – novel
Ábel Amerikában – Cluj-Napoca, 1934 – novel
Énekes madár – Budapest, 1934 – drama
Rügyek és reménység – Budapest, 1935 – short stories
Jégtörő Mátyás – Cluj-Napoca, 1936 – novel
Tündöklő Jeromos – Cluj-Napoca, 1936 – drama
Ragyog egy csillag – Cluj-Napoca, 1937 – novel
Virágveszedelem – Budapest, 1938 – short stories
Magyari rózsafa – Budapest, 1941 – novel
Vitéz lélek – Budapest, 1941 – drama
Csalóka szivárvány – Budapest, 1942 – drama
Összes novellái – Budapest, 1942 – short stories
A legényfa kivirágzik – Budapest, 1944 – short stories
Hullámzó vőlegény – Budapest, 1947 – drama
Zöld ág – Budapest, 1948 – novel
Bölcső és bagoly – Budapest, 1953 – novel
Hazai tükör – Budapest, 1953 – novel
Elvadult paradicsom – Budapest, 1958 – short stories 1922–26
Világ és holdvilág – Budapest, 1958 – short stories 1936–57
