Ádám Bodor

Ádám Bodor (born 22 February 1936 in Cluj) is a Hungarian author of Transylvanian Hungarian origin.

The native form of this personal name is Bodor Ádám. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Life and writing

Bodor was born in Romania to a staunchly anti-communist father and was himself an anti-communist. In his youth he believed in Transylvanian independence and overthrowing the Communist state.[1] At seventeen he was arrested by the Securitate.[2] After being freed he studied at a Calvinist seminary and began writing. After this he left Romania for Hungary and then spent some time in the West.[3] Several of his works have been adapted to film.

References
  1. "Ádám Bodor — internationales literaturfestival berlin". www.literaturfestival.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. Segel, Harold B. (11 November 2017). "The Columbia Literary History of Eastern Europe Since 1945". Columbia University Press. Retrieved 11 November 2017 – via Google Books.
  3. World Literature Today, Volume 76, No. 2


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