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Magda Szabó

1917 - 2007

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Magda Szabó (5 October 1917 – 19 November 2007) was a Hungarian novelist. Doctor of philology, she also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memoirs, poetry and children's literature. She was a founding member of the Digital Literary Academy, an online digital repository of Hungarian literature. She is the most translated Hungarian author, with publications in 42 countries and over 30 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Magda Szabó is the 1,454th most popular writer (down from 1,391st in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Magda Szabó ranks 1,454 out of 7,302. Before her are Alice Walker, Salawat Yulayev, José de Espronceda, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, Marie Anne Lenormand, and Manuel Vázquez Montalbán. After her are J. G. Ballard, Evelyn Waugh, Viktor Suvorov, Lee Child, Naim Frashëri, and Marcus Garvey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Magda Szabó ranks 83. Before her are David McClelland, Urie Bronfenbrenner, Susan Hayward, David Easton, Pál Maléter, and Herbert Lom. After her are Robert Bloch, Alparslan Türkeş, Henry Ford II, David Tomlinson, Yigael Yadin, and Ettore Sottsass. Among people deceased in 2007, Magda Szabó ranks 68. Before her are Jupp Derwall, Jaan Kross, Michel Serrault, Anna Nicole Smith, Joe Zawinul, and Rudolf Arnheim. After her are Marcheline Bertrand, Petar Stambolić, Ousmane Sembène, Lady Bird Johnson, Jean-Marie Lustiger, and Ettore Sottsass.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Magda Szabó ranks 173 out of 1,077. Before her are Rosika Schwimmer (1877), Géza Lakatos (1890), Peter Delyan (1009), Georg Solti (1912), Imi Lichtenfeld (1910), and András Arató (1945). After her are Béla Tarr (1955), Ladislaus Hunyadi (1431), Karl Goldmark (1830), Árpád Göncz (1922), László Csatáry (1915), and Péter Medgyessy (1942).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Magda Szabó ranks 17. Before her are Max Nordau (1849), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), Ephraim Kishon (1924), Péter Nádas (1942), Béla Balázs (1884), and Rosika Schwimmer (1877). After her are Hannah Szenes (1921), Attila József (1905), György Konrád (1933), Miklós Zrínyi (1620), Mór Jókai (1825), and Viktor Barna (1911).

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