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Vilmos Kondor

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November 27, 1954

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Vilmos Kondor is the internationally acclaimed creator of the Budapest Noir series and one of the major voices in contemporary European crime fiction. His debut novel Budapest Noir was first published in Hungary in 2008 and quickly became a landmark work, launching a seven-book cycle that blends hard-boiled storytelling with the turbulent history of mid-20th-century Hungary.

The series has been translated into fourteen languages, published in the United States, and adapted into a feature film. Kondor’s protagonist, crime reporter Zsigmond Gordon, investigates murder and corruption in a city caught between dictatorships, wars, and shifting political shadows — stories where history and noir meet on every page.

Kondor holds a degree from Sorbonn
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Vilmos Kondor Hi Judy,
I'm glad you liked the book and it gives me an extra pleasure that Budapest in this setting and time was an interesting and intriguing place f…more
Hi Judy,
I'm glad you liked the book and it gives me an extra pleasure that Budapest in this setting and time was an interesting and intriguing place for you to "visit". Actually, there are some negotiations going at the moment regarding the publication of my other novels in English, so I hope that some of them might be available soon. Meanwhile, you can "visit" the city again since the big screen adaptation will hit the theatres this fall and there will be an American distribution as well, I'm told.

Will let you know when I know more about further English language translations.

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Vilmos Kondor Hi Henri,
I, too, am happy to see the whole of the series in Finnish. Honestly, it's an honor.
Well, then you can identify Gordon's grandfather's apartm…more
Hi Henri,
I, too, am happy to see the whole of the series in Finnish. Honestly, it's an honor.
Well, then you can identify Gordon's grandfather's apartment! I love that neighbourhood.
The movie was a big disappointment for me for several reasons. Two of my biggest problems are: 1) the city looks clean, sterile even, and that's not the Budapest of the series (and of reality even), 2) I detest the way they downgraded Gordon and Krisztina's relationship that was based on equality in the whole series.
I'm finished with the big screen for now but my latest novel (whixh is published today) was optioned for TV rights. So, I'm quite hopeful that this will be something different. And I also hope that the new novel will find its way to Finland.

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Amikor elkezdtem írni A másik szárnysegédet, képzeletben bejártam a Királyi Palota ismert részeit, különös tekintettel azt a szárnyat, amelyben meglehetősen sok időt töltöttem, nevezetesen az OSZK emeleteit. És rögtön eltévedtem. Nem ringattam magam abban, hogy kívülről ismerem az épületet, beosztását, alaprajzát. Mi sem áll távolabb az igazságtól, az azonban zavart, hogy a lépcsőkön és az emelete

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“The rest is fine,” said Gordon, taking a drag on his cigarette. “Just be careful with what comes first in the lead. That’s very important. You wrote, ‘This afternoon in his home on Pasaréti Street, using a revolver, the owner of
the Arabia Coffee Company took his own life.’ The important thing is neither when nor where. But who. Thus: ‘The owner of the Arabia Coffee Company took his own life with a revolver this afternoon in his home on Pasaréti Street.’ And who he left his estate to, that doesn’t belong in the lead, either. It’s enough if you mention the maternity home only farther down. So then, go on back now and retype the article.”
Vilmos Kondor, Budapest Noir

“– A többi már jó – szívott a cigarettájából Gordon. – Csak a sorrendre figyeljen az alcímben, az nagyon fontos. Maga ezt írta: „Ma délután pasaréti házában revolverével vetett véget életének az Arabs kávékereskedés tulajdonosa.” Nem az a fontos, hogy mikor, és az sem, hogy hol. Hanem az, hogy ki. Tehát: „Az Arabs kávékereskedés tulajdonosa ma délután revolverével vetett véget életének pasaréti házában.” És annak sem alcímben van a helye, hogy kire hagyta a vagyonát. Elég, ha az anyaotthont a cikkbe írja bele. Na, most menjen szépen, és gépelje le újra.”
Vilmos Kondor, Budapest Noir

“Brändi sobib ikka. Mitte alati ja mitte palju, aga siiski peaaegu alati ja ainult natukene rohkem, kui ilma tõsisemate tagajärgedeta juua võib.”
Vilmos Kondor, Bűnös Budapest

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