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Frigyes Karinthy
Frigyes Karinthy was a Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator. He was the first proponent of the six degrees of separation concept, in his 1929 short story, Chains (Láncszemek). Karinthy remains one of the most popular Hungarian writers. He was the brother of artist Ada Karinthy and the father of poet Gábor Karinthy and writer Ferenc Karinthy.
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culture · Hungarian writer (1887–1938) · translator · poet · playwright · Esperantist · journalist · science fiction writer · writer · screenwriter · also Frigyes Karinthy, Karinthy Frigyes, Karinthy
Born 25 June 1887 · Died 29 August 1938 · Q366325
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1938· 1 entry
Died 1938-08-29.
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1920· 1 entry
Married the psychiatrist Aranka Böhm, with whom he had another son, the writer Ferenc Karinthy
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1912· 1 entry
With the publication of his literary parodies called Here's How YOU Write (Így írtok ti) in which he parodied the style of his fellow authors
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1887· 1 entry
Born 1887-06-25.
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