Babits, Mihály
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1883-1941) Hungarian editor, translator (from English and German) and author, best known for his poetry, the finest example of which is probably the autobiographical Jönas konyve ["The Book of Jonah"] (1938). His sf novel, A Gólyakalifa ["The Caliph's Stork"] (1918; trans anon as The Nightmare 1966), is of interest in its depiction of a split personality. A utopian novel, Elza pilóta vagy a tökelétes társadalom ["The Pilot Elza, or The Perfect Society"] (1933), remains untranslated. [JC]
see also: Hungary.
Mihály Babits
born Szekszard, Hungary: 26 November 1883
died Budapest, Hungary: 4 August 1941
works
- A gólyakalifa: Regeny es nehany novella (Budapest, Hungary: Athenaeum, 1916) [coll: binding unknown/]
- King's Stork (Hungary, 1948) [no information available on this title, ostensibly first trans of above, beyond claim that it was published as stated; it may be a ghost title: binding unknown/]
- The Nightmare (Budapest: Corvina, 1966) [trans by Eva Racz of the above: hb/]
- Elza pilóta vagy a tökelétes társadalom (Budapest, Hungary: Nyugat, 1933) [binding unknown/]
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