Mária Anna Borbás (1930–2020)
Author of Halhatatlan szerelmesek : tizenkilencedik századi elbeszélések
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Do not confuse or combine her with television presenter Maria Borbás (born 1968).
Works by Mária Anna Borbás
Egy nap, egy recept 2 copies
21 rémes történet 1 copy
A bünbak bégetèse 1 copy
Ketten 1 copy
Associated Works
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts (2007) — Translator, some editions — 1,433 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Borbás, Mária Anna
- Legal name
- Borbás Mária Anna [Hungarian word order]
- Birthdate
- 1930-04-23
- Date of death
- 2020-05-01
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Hungary
- Place of death
- Budapest, Hungary
- Places of residence
- Budapest, Hungary
- Education
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Occupations
- literary translator
editor
writer - Awards and honors
- József Attila Prize
- Short biography
- Mária Anna Borbás was born in Budapest, Hunagary, to Julianna (Köves) and Pál Borbás. Between 1948 and 1953, she was a student in Hungarian and French at Eötvös Loránd University ELTE BTK. In 1953-1954, she was the editor of Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó. Between 1955 and 1995, she worked as the editor of Új Magyar Könyvkiadó and, as a continuation, of Európa Könyvkiadó. Between 1956 and 1961, she also completed the English course at ELTE BTK. She was a writer, publishing editor, and prize-winning literary translator of works by Jane Austen, Doris Lessing, Herman Melville, Gerald Durrell, Virginia Woolf, A.A. Milne, Raymond Chandler, and Emily Brontë, among others.
- Disambiguation notice
- Do not confuse or combine her with television presenter Maria Borbás (born 1968).
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Statistics
- Works
- 12
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 18
- Popularity
- #630,789
- Rating
- 4.1
- ISBNs
- 10