András Domahidy is a contemporary Hungarian-Australian, novelist and retired librarian. His novels are written in Hungarian.

Born in Satu Mare, Romania

Romania

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, András Domahidy completed a PhD in Law at Budapest University and served in the Hungarian Army towards the close of World War II. In 1950 he came to Australia, settling in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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 and obtaining a BA at the University of Western Australia

University of Western Australia

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. Until his retirement in 1985 he was a senior librarian at the university.

Domahidy started writing in the 1950s and his novels Vénasszonyok nyara (Indian Summer, 1969) and Árnyak és asszonyok (Shadows and Women, 1979) were published in Europe. Shadows and Women has since been published in English translation in Australia.