Antal Szerb

Antal Szerb was born in Budapest on 1 May 1901, into an assimilated Jewish family, and received a Catholic baptism. He studied Hungarian, German and English in Budapest, where he defended his doctorate in 1924, then spent a year in London in 1929 and 1930. In 1934 he published a history of Hungarian literature, taught at the University of Szeged from 1937 and published a history of world literature in 1941. He stayed in Hungary despite the persecutions and was sent to the Balf labour camp, where he died, beaten, on 27 January 1945.

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• NovelThe Pendragon LegendA Pendragon legendaAntal Szerb · 1934LiteraturePublic domain