Ádám Bodor Explained

Ádám Bodor (born 22 February 1936 in Cluj) is a Hungarian author of Transylvanian Hungarian origin.

Life and writing

Bodor was born in Romania to a staunchly anti-communist father and was himself an anti-communist. In his youth he believed in Transylvanian independence and overthrowing the Communist state.[1] At seventeen he was arrested by the Securitate.[2] After being freed he studied at a Calvinist seminary and began writing. After this he left Romania for Hungary and then spent some time in the West.[3] Several of his works have been adapted to film.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ádám Bodor — internationales literaturfestival berlin. www.literaturfestival.com. 11 November 2017.
  2. Book: Segel, Harold B.. The Columbia Literary History of Eastern Europe Since 1945. 11 November 2017. Columbia University Press. 9780231508049. 11 November 2017. Google Books.
  3. https://www.jstor.org/pss/40157368 World Literature Today, Volume 76, No. 2