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Géza Gárdonyi (1863 August 3 - 1922 October 30) was a Hungarian author. Although he wrote a range of works, his two best known works are historical novels. 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ...
1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ...
An historical novel is a novel in which the story is set among historical events, or more generally, where the time the action takes place in predates the lifetime of the author -- distinguish and contrast the alternate history genre. ...
Egri Csillagok was published in 1899. This translates literally as Stars of Eger, but it was published in English as Eclipse of the Crescent Moon. It is set around a famous siege of the town of Eger in Hungary by the Turks in the 16th century. 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
(Eger is also German for Cheb in Bohemia. ...
(15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...
He considered his own best work to be A Láthatatlan ember, published in 1901. This actually translates literally as The Invisible Man, but it was published in English as Slave of the Huns. It is set around the time of Attila the Hun, and large parts of it are based on Priscus's account of his visit to Attila's court. 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Huns, led by Attila (right, foreground), ride into Italy. ...
Priscus (left) with the Roman embassy at the court of Attila, holding his ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ (History, which the painter has incorrectly spelled ΙΣΤΩΡΙΑ). ...
Although these two novels are fairly well known in Hungary, translations into English and other European languages only became widely published in the late 20th century. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
He lived in Eger from 1897 until his death. The house where he lived and did most of his writing is now preserved as a museum (see below). 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ...
See also
Ignác Acsády (1845–1904) Tamás Aczél (1921–1994) Endre Ady (1877–1919) Anonymus (2nd half of the XIII century) Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932) Lajos Áprily (1897–1973) János Arany (1817–1882) László Arany (1844–1898) Mihály Babits (1883–1941) József Bakucz (1929–1990) Bálint Balassi (1554–1594) Béla Balázs (1884...
(Eger is also German for Cheb in Bohemia. ...
The Huns, led by Attila (right, foreground), ride into Italy. ...
External links - Amazon review of Slave of the Huns (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0672505002/701-5380099-4237165)
- Géza Gárdonyi Historical Museum (http://www.museum.hu/search/museum_en.asp?ID=415)
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