András SütÅ' (17 June 1927 â€" 30 September 2006) was an ethnic
Hungarian writer and politician in Romania, one of the leading writers
in the Hungarian language in the 20th century.SütÅ' was born into a
poor peasant family in Cămărașu (Hungarian: Pusztakamarás), in
Cluj County, Transylvania. He received his primary and secondary
school education in the Reformed College of Aiud and in the Reformed
gymnasium in Cluj. After secondary school, he studied Stage Directing
at the Szentgyörgyi István College of Dramatic Arts in Cluj.SütÅ'
quit college in order to become the editor in chief of the Falvak
Népe weekly. He moved to Bucharest in 1951 because the editorial
office was relocated there. SütÅ' could not identify himself with the
political environment of the 1950s in the capital and returned to
Târgu Mureş, Transylvania, in 1954, where he edited Igaz Szó, a
literary magazine. He held this post till 1957, after which he edited
Uj Élet, an illustrated magazine, till 1989.[1]SütÅ''s first work (A
Letter to a Romanian Friend) was published by the Hungarian-language
Világosság journal in Cluj, when he was 18. His writing career
ranged across genres, with short stories (Félrejáró Salamon, 1955),
satire (Pompás Gedeon, 1967), historical drama (Egy lócsiszár
virágvasárnapja, 1974; Csillag a máglyán, 1974; Szuzai menyegzo,
1981), and myth and folklore (Káin és Abel, 1977; Advent a
Hargitán, 1987). The dramas, in particular, probed the duty of the
individual, confronted by arbitrary authority, to preserve his dignity
and identity even at the cost of his life.[2]
Hungarian writer and politician in Romania, one of the leading writers
in the Hungarian language in the 20th century.SütÅ' was born into a
poor peasant family in Cămărașu (Hungarian: Pusztakamarás), in
Cluj County, Transylvania. He received his primary and secondary
school education in the Reformed College of Aiud and in the Reformed
gymnasium in Cluj. After secondary school, he studied Stage Directing
at the Szentgyörgyi István College of Dramatic Arts in Cluj.SütÅ'
quit college in order to become the editor in chief of the Falvak
Népe weekly. He moved to Bucharest in 1951 because the editorial
office was relocated there. SütÅ' could not identify himself with the
political environment of the 1950s in the capital and returned to
Târgu Mureş, Transylvania, in 1954, where he edited Igaz Szó, a
literary magazine. He held this post till 1957, after which he edited
Uj Élet, an illustrated magazine, till 1989.[1]SütÅ''s first work (A
Letter to a Romanian Friend) was published by the Hungarian-language
Világosság journal in Cluj, when he was 18. His writing career
ranged across genres, with short stories (Félrejáró Salamon, 1955),
satire (Pompás Gedeon, 1967), historical drama (Egy lócsiszár
virágvasárnapja, 1974; Csillag a máglyán, 1974; Szuzai menyegzo,
1981), and myth and folklore (Káin és Abel, 1977; Advent a
Hargitán, 1987). The dramas, in particular, probed the duty of the
individual, confronted by arbitrary authority, to preserve his dignity
and identity even at the cost of his life.[2]
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