Sándor Hunyady

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Role

Writer

Date of birth

08/14/1890

Date of death

10/10/1942

Place of birth

Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary [now Cluj-Napoca, Romania]

Sándor Hunyady

Biography

Hungarian writer Sándor Hunyady was born in Kolozsvár in 1890 as a son of popular writer Sándor Bródy. His mother was actress Margit Hunyady. After finishing high school in Budapest, Hunyady started his career as a journalist. He wrote many famous short stories and novels. Several of those were made into movies, mostly in the 30s. The most popular adaptations are In Soldier's Uniform (1957) and A Very Moral Night (1977). The most recent film based on his short story was a TV movie, _A tigriscsíkos kutya (2001) (TV)_, directed by Péter Bacsó).

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