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Magda Szabó (October 5, 1917 – November 19, 2007) was a major Hungarian novelist. She also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memories and poetry. Born in Debrecen, Szabó graduated at the University of Debrecen as a teacher of Latin and of Hungarian. She started working as a teacher in a Calvinist all-girl school in Debrecen and Hódmezővásárhely. Between 1945 and 1949 she was working in the Ministry of Religion and Education. She married the writer and translator Tibor Szobotka in 1947. She began her writing career as a poet, publishing her first book ''Bárány'' ("Lamb") in 1947, which was followed by ''Vissza az emberig'' ("Back to the Human") in 1949. In 1949 she was awarded the Baumgarten Prize, which was − for political reasons − withdrawn from her on the very day it was given. She was dismissed from the Ministry in the same year. During the establishment of Stalinist rule from 1949 to 1956, the government did not allow her works to be published. Since her unemployed husband was also stigmatized by the communist regime, she was forced to teach in an elementary school within this period. Her first novel, ''Freskó'' ("Fresco"), written in these years was published in 1958 and achieved overwhelming success among readers. Her most widely read novel ''Abigél'' ("Abigail", 1970) is an adventure story about a schoolgirl boarding in eastern Hungary during the war. She received several prizes in Hungary and her works have been published in 42 countries. In 2003 she was the winner of the French literary prize Prix Femina Étranger for the best foreign novel. Her novel ''Abigél'' was popularised through a much-loved television series in 1978. ''Abigél'' was also chosen as the sixth most popular novel at the Hungarian version of Big Read. Her three other novels which were in the top 100 are ''Für Elise, An Old-fashioned Story'' and ''The Door''. ==Works in English== * ''The Door'' (ISBN 0880333049 (), ISBN 1-84343-193-9 ()) * ''The Fawn'' (ASIN B0007E2OQC) * ''The Night of the Pig-Killing'' or ''Night of the Pigkilling'' (ASIN B0007E2OOY) * ''Tell Sally'' (ASIN B0007IZJPG) * ''Sziget-kék'' (ISBN 9631173402) (''Island Blue'' in English) * ''An Old-fashioned Story'' (play version) * ''Katalin Street'' * ''The Gift of the Wondrous Fig Tree'' * ''Iza's Ballad'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Magda Szabó」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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