Sándor Márai
Sándor Márai | |
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Márai in the early 1940s | |
| Born | Sándor Károly Henrik Grosschmid de Mára April 11, 1900 Kassa, Austria-Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia) |
| Died | February 21, 1989 (aged 88) San Diego, United States |
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| Language | Hungarian |
| Education | Eötvös Loránd University, Leipzig University |
| Period | 1918–1989 |
| Notable works | Embers (1942) |
| Notable awards | Kossuth Prize (in memoriam) |
| Spouse | Ilona Matzner |
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Sándor Márai (Hungarian: [ˈʃaːndor ˈmaːrɒi]; Archaic English name: Alexander Márai; 11 April 1900 – 21 February 1989) was a Hungarian writer, poet, and journalist.