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Sándor Márai was a Hungarian writer, poet, and journalist.

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culture · Hungarian writer (1900–1989) · journalist · poet · translator · novelist · screenwriter · opinion journalist · writer · also Sándor Márai, Sandor Marai, Sándor Károly Henrik Grosschmid, Sandor Márai, Sandor Karoly Henrik Grosschmid, Márai

Born 11 April 1900 · Died 21 February 1989 · Q36951

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The world is your teacher. It will be all around you. The ocean and the wind and the stars and the moon will all teach you many things.
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Awarded Hungarian Heritage Award (1996).
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Aug 17, 2026Documented record76% confidence

“The world is your teacher. It will be all around you. The ocean and the wind and the stars and the moon will all teach you many things.”

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2007· 1 entry

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Translation by George Szirtes), Hungarian title: A zendülők

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2006· 1 entry

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An adaptation of this novel for the stage, written by Christopher Hampton, was performed in London

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1996· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1996Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Hungarian Heritage Award (1996).

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1990· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1990Documented record84% confidence

Awarded Kossuth Prize (1990).

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1989· 4 entries

Feb 21, 1989Documented record86% confidence

Died 1989-02-21.

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“Tłumacz jest zawsze nieudanym pisarzem, podobnie jak fotograf nieudanym malarzem.”

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c. 1989Exact date was not recorded in the sourceDirect quote66% confidence

“Wszyscy chcieli pełnego oddania, całego człowieka, praca, chorzy, rodzina. A życie było krótkie. Czasem, w godzinach zmęczenia, ze zdziwieniem obserwował, jak bardzo się już roztrwoniło, jak bardzo przeleciało życie.”

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“Kochać ojczyznę znaczy kochać przeznaczenie. Amor fati.”

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1987· 1 entry

1987Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Lived with advanced cancer and his depression worsened when he lost his adopted son, John

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1986· 1 entry

1986Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Márai retreated more and more into isolation

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1971· 1 entry

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Because it could not be published in the Hungary of the post-1956 Kádár era

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1919· 1 entry

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As a young man, enthusiastically supported the Hungarian Soviet Republic and worked as a journalist

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1900· 1 entry

Apr 11, 1900Documented record86% confidence

Born 1900-04-11.

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