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Antal Kovacs

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Born

in Budapest, Hungary

Website

http://antalkovacswriter.blogspot.co.uk/

Genre

Thriller, Art, Biography

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Raymond Chandler, Eric Ambler

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ANTAL KOVÁCS

Antal Kovács was born on 6th June 1940 in Budapest. He left Hungary in 1956. Based in London, he worked as an assistant director on feature films; also as film editor, scriptwriter, and director for television and corporate films.
Between 1970 and 1972 he lived in Sydney, Australia where he worked as a film editor and director on commercials and industrial documentaries. He won an award at the Sydney and Melbourne Film Festival in 1971 for his theatrical short: The Samaritan Kind.
In 1972 he returned to London and carried on working in the film industry.
January 1990 he moved to France. He lived in Narbonne for two years, then six months in Rome. During this period, he started writing novels and film scripts. At the end of 1992 ANTAL KOVÁCS

Antal Kovács was born on 6th June 1940 in Budapest. He left Hungary in 1956. Based in London, he worked as an assistant director on feature films; also as film editor, scriptwriter, and director for television and corporate films.
Between 1970 and 1972 he lived in Sydney, Australia where he worked as a film editor and director on commercials and industrial documentaries. He won an award at the Sydney and Melbourne Film Festival in 1971 for his theatrical short: The Samaritan Kind.
In 1972 he returned to London and carried on working in the film industry.
January 1990 he moved to France. He lived in Narbonne for two years, then six months in Rome. During this period, he started writing novels and film scripts. At the end of 1992 he returned to England and carried on working as a film editor. He also lectured on film editing at the London International Film School.
He left London for Cornwall in 1997 and lectured on scriptwriting and television production at Penwith College, Cornwall College and Falmouth College of Arts.
In 2002 he wrote and directed the first Cornish language feature film, Hwerow Hweg, which was premiered in the House of Commons. The film was shown at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2002. It was also shown at the Celtic Film Festivals in Quimper in 2002 and Belfast in 2004. In 2003 it was Cornwall’s entry for the Celtic Film and Television Festival in Truro. In 2004 Bitter Sweet (the English version) opened the International Film Festival, Vilnius Spring.
In 2006 he published his novel, Impressions, in collaboration with Athena Press. The book is still in print and available on Amazon.
He moved to Italy in 2007 where he lived for four years, and wrote The Wines of Umbria, a definitive guide, which is available on Amazon Kindle.
In 2011 he returned to Penzance, where he now lives.
In 2013 Endeavour Press published his thriller: A Matter of Theft. Then a couple of months later they also published his second work: The Order. They are available on Amazon both as paperbacks and e-books for Kindle. ...more

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ROB PETER

Rob Peter is now finished, but I am doing some revisions to certain sections. Unfortunately some outside interference slows down the work a little. It is the football World Cup, but I should be ready with the book by the cup final.

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	The Order 3.59 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2013 — 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
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