author
György Szemere
1863–1930
A Hungarian novelist and editor who came to literature after an earlier life in law, public service, and estate management, he brought a lived sense of provincial society into his fiction. His career also linked him closely with the literary and political culture of early 20th-century Budapest.
6 Audiobooks
Apró regények és esetek
by György Szemere
A Kont-eset: Fantasztikus regény a XXI. századból
by György Szemere
Ugor Ágnes
by György Szemere
Komédiák: A magyar társadalom regénye
by György Szemere
A Dobay-ház: Regény
by György Szemere
Az alispán úr : Regény
by György Szemere
About the author
Born on October 30, 1863, in Szabolcs and dying in Budapest on September 6, 1930, György Szemere was a Hungarian writer sometimes listed as Szemere Artúr György. Biographical reference works describe him as a landowner and novelist, and note that he studied law in Budapest.
After extended travel abroad, he entered public service in 1887, later returned to manage his estates, and from 1902 lived from his writing. He also worked as an editor: sources note a role at Világ in 1910 and, from 1917 until his death, the editing of the parliamentary journal Országgyűlési Napló.
He was associated with important Hungarian literary circles of his day, including the Petőfi Society and the Kisfaludy Society. His path into writing appears to have been somewhat later than usual, but that mixed background in administration, journalism, and rural life helps explain the social texture remembered in his fiction.