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Erzsébet Galgóczi

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Erzsébet Galgóczi

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1930-08-27 (Ménfőcsanak (Győr), Hungary)
Died
1989-05-20 (Ménfőcsanak (Győr), Hungary) age 58
Nationality
Hungarian
Languages
Hungarian
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Ménfőcsanak → Győr → Budapest

Career

Occupations
writer, playwright, screenwriter
Active Years
1949-1989

Education

Teacher's training school of Győr
Teacher training
Period: 1945-1949
Year of Graduation: 1949
Country: Hungary
Budapest Theater College
Dramaturgy
Period: 1950-1955
Year of Graduation: 1955
Country: Hungary

Awards

József Attila Prize
1962
Organization: Hungarian literary institution
Result: 受賞
József Attila Prize
1969
Organization: Hungarian literary institution
Result: 受賞
József Attila Prize
1976
Organization: Hungarian literary institution
Result: 受賞
SZOT Prize
1970
Organization: Hungarian Trade Unions
Result: 受賞
Kossuth Prize
1978
Organization: Hungarian state
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Vidravas

realist fiction

Her most successful work in Hungary

political repression

Törvényen belül

novella

Made into a 1982 film. English translation published as Another Love in 2007

lesbian love
Adaptations
  • [film] Egymásra nézve (Another Way) / Károly Makk (1982)
Translations
  • Another Love (2007, Cleis Press)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realist fiction
Recurring Motifs
political repressioncorruption

Health

  • heart attack
    1989年
    sudden death

Legacy

Originally a committed socialist writer, later criticized the regime. Lived openly as a lesbian.

In Popular Culture

  • Known for the film Another Way

Trivia

  • Lived openly as a lesbian from the 1970s, with long-time partner actress Hilda Gobbi.