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Ferenc Karinthy

1921 - 1992

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Ferenc Karinthy (June 2, 1921 – February 29, 1992) was a Hungarian novelist, playwright, journalist, editor and translator, as well as a water polo champion. He authored more than a dozen novels. His father was the writer and journalist Frigyes Karinthy. His mother, the psychiatrist Aranka Böhm, was killed in 1944 in Auschwitz. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferenc Karinthy is the 4,491st most popular writer (up from 4,907th in 2019), the 528th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 538th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Hungarian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ferenc Karinthy ranks 4,491 out of 7,302. Before him are Norman Manea, David Mamet, Tullio Pinelli, Yosef Haim Brenner, Adolf Ivar Arwidsson, and Catherine Millet. After him are Léon Damas, Mona Simpson, Émile Nelligan, Mongo Beti, Diego Durán, and Mykola Khvylovy.

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Among people born in 1921, Ferenc Karinthy ranks 293. Before him are Barbro Hiort af Ornäs, Tore Sjöstrand, Betty Hutton, Antony Padiyara, John Stott, and Joe Fagan. After him are Michalina Wisłocka, H. C. Artmann, Yuri Ozerov, Joann Lõssov, Kees de Jager, and Jacques Martin. Among people deceased in 1992, Ferenc Karinthy ranks 180. Before him are Rosemary Sutcliff, Harald Sæverud, Sergey Obraztsov, Anton Malatinský, Margarita Aliger, and Tony Accardo. After him are Iuliu Bodola, Musa Anter, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, Roberto Bonomi, Jean Poiret, and Freddie Bartholomew.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ferenc Karinthy ranks 528 out of 1,077. Before him are Joe Eszterhas (1944), Ervin Mészáros (1877), Emília Rotter (1906), Imre Zachár (1890), Zoltán Magyar (1953), and Gizella Farkas (1925). After him are Ede Király (1926), Vilmos Kohut (1906), Ferenc Csik (1913), Lajos Détári (1963), Tibor Csík (1927), and István Nagy (1939).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Ferenc Karinthy ranks 53. Before him are Zsigmond Móricz (1879), Edith Bruck (1931), Yuriy Venelin (1802), Gyula Illyés (1902), Sándor Weöres (1913), and Joe Eszterhas (1944). After him are József Katona (1791), Jenő Rejtő (1905), Bertalan Szemere (1812), Károly Kisfaludy (1788), Júlia Szendrey (1828), and István Fekete (1900).

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