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Stephen Vizinczey

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in Káloz, Hungary

Website

http://stephenvizinczey.com

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

Influences

Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Stendhal and Kleist

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November 2007

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Hungarian author who studied under George Lukacs at the University of Budapest and graduated from the city's Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in 1956. Three of his plays were banned by the Hungarian Communist regime and in he took part in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. After a short stay in Italy, he ended up in Canada speaking only 50 words of English, and eventually taking Canadian citizenship. He learned English writing scripts for Canada's National Film Board and the CBC. He edited Canada's short-lived literary magazine, Exchange. In 1966 he moved to London and acquired British citizenship.

His best-known works are the novels 'In Praise of Older Women' (1965) and 'An Innocent Millionaire' (1983).

Vizinczey has also written two books of li ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 3,258 ratings · 319 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors

	In Praise of Older Women: The Amorous Recollections of András Vajda 3.76 avg rating — 2,407 ratings — published 1965 — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Innocent Millionaire 4.15 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1983 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Truth and Lies in Literature: Essays and Reviews 4.12 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1986 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El hombre del toque mágico 3.56 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rules Of Chaos; Or, Why Tomorrow Doesn't Work 4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1969 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If Only 3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	3 Wishes 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elogio delle donne mature by Stephen Vizinczey (Goodreads Author), Maria Giulia Castagnone (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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My view on King Lear play by Peter Brook

I already made several videos about King Lear where one of the videos you can see below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ3p_vZzkTI&t=1s

I loathe directors who try improve masterpieces with the passionate desire to reduce genius to their own mediocrity. The greatest dramatic poet of the modern age could use language to ignite our imagination so that we can see and feel everything. King Lea

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“Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.”
― Stephen Vizinczey

tags: education, stupidity

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“I wonder, what kind of life would I have had if it hadn’t been for my mother’s tea-and-cookie parties? Perhaps it’s because of them that I’ve never thought of women as my enemies, as territories I have to conquer, but always as allies and friends - which I believe is the reason why they were friendly to me in turn. I’ve never met those she-devils you hear about: they must be too busy with those men who look upon women as a fortress they have to attack, lay waste and left in ruins.”
― Stephen Vizinczey, In Praise of Older Women: The Amorous Recollections of András Vajda

tags: fiction

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“We think of ourselves as failures, rather than renounce our belief in the possibility of perfection. We hang on to the hope of eternal love by denying even its temporary validity. It´s less painful to think 'I'm shallow', 'She's self centred', 'We couldn't communicate', 'It was all just physical', than to accept the simple fact that love is a passing sensation, for reasons beyond our control and even beyond our personalities. But who can reassure himself with his own rationalizations? No argument can fill the void of a dead feeling -- that reminder of the ultimate void, our final inconstancy. We're untrue even to life.”
― Stephen Vizinczey, In Praise of Older Women: The Amorous Recollections of András Vajda

tags: life, love, meaning, romance, truthfulness

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