author
Mária Berde
1889–1949
A major voice in Hungarian literature from Transylvania, she wrote novels, poetry, and translations that reached readers well beyond her own region. Her work is often remembered for its emotional force and for the way it engaged with women's lives and social expectations.
4 Audiobooks
Az örök film : Müncheni regény
by Mária Berde
A tükör – Szegény kicsi Jula – Borzhistória
by Mária Berde
Télutó : Elbeszélések
by Mária Berde
Haláltánc : regény
by Mária Berde
About the author
Born in 1889 in Kackó (now Câțcău) and later active in Cluj, she was a Hungarian writer, poet, translator, and teacher from Transylvania. She published poetry early in her career and made her fiction debut during the First World War with the novel Az örök film.
She became an important figure in interwar Transylvanian Hungarian literature, and several of her books were translated into Romanian, German, and French. Alongside her own writing, she translated from English, German, and Romanian, including work connected with Mihai Eminescu and Ion Creangă.
Some reference works also note her interest in women's social position, and her 1925 novel Szent szégyen is associated with that theme. She died in Cluj in 1949.