Lajos Zilahy

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Lajos Zilahy


Born
in Nagyszalonta, Salonta (Romania), Hungary
March 27, 1891

Died
December 01, 1974

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Lajos Zilahy was a Hungarian novelist and playwright. Born in Nagyszalonta (called Salonta in Romania) in Transylvania, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary, an entity of Austria-Hungary, he studied law at the University of Budapest before serving in the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War, in which he was wounded on the Eastern Front - an experience which later informed his bestselling novel Two Prisoners (Két fogoly).

He was also active in film. His 1928 novel Something Is Drifting on the Water (Valamit visz a víz) was filmed twice. His play The General was filmed as The Virtuous Sin in 1930 and The Rebel in 1931.

Edited Híd (The Bridge) 1940-1944, an art periodical. Opposed both fascism and communism. In 1939 he established a f
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Average rating: 4.17 · 1,733 ratings · 144 reviews · 52 distinct worksSimilar authors
Deadly Spring

4.08 avg rating — 402 ratings — published 1938 — 7 editions
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Two Prisoners

4.26 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 1931 — 32 editions
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Something is Drifting on th...

3.98 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1928 — 18 editions
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Kad duša zamire

4.27 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1930 — 23 editions
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The Dukays

4.33 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1947 — 24 editions
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Century in Scarlet

4.34 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 1965 — 23 editions
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The Angry Angel

4.32 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1953 — 17 editions
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Osveta oružja

4.04 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1936 — 13 editions
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Grad izbeglica

4.08 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1939 — 7 editions
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Begunac

4.32 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1930 — 15 editions
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“Samo nam ljudsko biće može podariti potpunu iluziju sigurnosti. Samo glas, pogled i dodir ruke jednog čoveka deluju kao utešna poruka iz svemira u kome smo mi tako sićušni. Ovaj čovek može da nam bude prijatelj, lekar, ređe kakav rođak, ali bez izuzetka to je uvek osoba koja nas voli. Strasna ljubav je kao uveličavajuće staklo, koje prikazuje vrednosti u nama za koje nismo ni slutili. Razbije li se uveličavajuće staklo, oplakaćemo gubitak optičke iluzije o sebi.”
Lajos Zilahy, The Angry Angel

“But it was not in Mr. Gruber's nature to look for reasons. That was why he was an ideal secretary. He had been given much fancier assignments in the past. Find out by six in the evening whether Hubermann played any Tschaikovsky after the first intermission of his concert in Brussels last year. Produce a narwhal tusk at least five feet long by eight o'clock Thursday morning. Buy, in your own name, the Domino Motion Picture Theater in Zurich. On Wednesday afternoon between five and six in the Café Meteor in Budapest, slap the face of a character known as Ervin Kugyec. A good secretary does not look for reasons but gets results.”
Lajos Zilahy, The Dukays

“Úgy látszik, a világ fájdalommal, repedésekkel és pondrókkal van tele. Valami boldog vakság ajándékával élünk, de a fájdalom és kétségbeesés óráiban pupillák nőnek a lelkünkre, amikkel mint a macskák és a baglyok megpillantjuk a sötétben a világ valódi lényegét.”
Lajos Zilahy, The Dukays

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