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Sándor Márai
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Hungarian writer (1900–1989)

Also known as: Márai, Sandor Karoly Henrik Grosschmid, Sándor Károly Henrik Grosschmied de Mára, Шандор Мараи, شاندور ماراي, 마러이 샨도르

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Known works

  • A gyertyák csonkig égnek (1990)
  • Ce que j'ai voulu taire
  • Divorcio en Buda
  • Esther's inheritance (2008)
  • Memoir of Hungary, 1944-1948 (1996)