Magda Szabó

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Magda Szabó (b. Debrecen, October 5, 1917) is a Hungarian writer, arguably Hungary's foremost woman novelist. She also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memories and poetry.

She graduated at the University of Debrecen as a teacher of Latin and of Hungarian.

She received several prizes in Hungary and her works have been published in 42 countries of the world. In 2003 she was the winner of the French literary prize Prix Femina Étranger for the best foreign novel.

Her novel Abigail was chosen as the 6th most popular novel at the Hungarian version of Big Read. Her three other novels which were in the top 100 are Für Elise, An Old-fashioned Story and The Door.

[edit] Her works in English

The Door (ISBN 0880333049 [1995], ISBN 1843431939 [2005])
The Fawn (ASIN B0007E2OQC)
The Night of the Pig-Killing or Night of the Pigkilling (ASIN B0007E2OOY)
Tell Sally (ASIN B0007IZJPG)
Sziget-kék (ISBN 9631173402)
An Old-fashioned Story (play version)

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Hungarian literature

Early sources	Old Hungarian 'Lamentations of Mary' \| Gesta Hungarorum \| Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum \| Chronicon Pictum	Endre Ady
10-17^th century	Bálint Balassi \| József Kármán \| Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos \| Janus Pannonius \| Miklós Zrínyi
17-20^th century	Zoltán Ambrus \| János Arany \| János Batsányi \| Dániel Berzsenyi \| Sándor Bródy \| Mihály Csokonai Vitéz \| József Eötvös \| András Fáy \| Mihály Fazekas \| Géza Gárdonyi \| Mór Jókai \| Ferenc Kazinczy \| Zsigmond Kemény \| Ferenc Kölcsey \| Kálmán Mikszáth \| Zsigmond Móricz \| Sándor Petőfi \| István Széchenyi \| Mihály Vörösmarty
20-21^st century	Endre Ady \| György Faludy \| István Fekete \| Miksa Fenyő \| Attila József \| Imre Kertész \| Dezső Kosztolányi \| Sándor Márai \| Ferenc Molnár \| Ferenc Móra \| Miklós Radnóti \| Lőrinc Szabó \| Magda Szabó \| Antal Szerb \| Árpád Tóth \| Albert Wass \| Sándor Weöres
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