Bródy Sándor, or Sándor Bródy (June 23 1863, Eger

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 - August 12 1924, Budapest

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) was a Hungarian author and journalist

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After attending the schools of that city he devoted himself entirely to literature. From 1888 to 1890 he was editor of the "Erdélyi Híradó", published at present Cluj-Napoca

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 (German:Klausenburg, Hungarian: Kolozsvár ), and was also connected with the "Erdélyi Képes Ujság" and the political daily "Magyarság". Since 1890 he was a member of the "Magyar Hírlap

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", and since 1882 a prolific contributor of article

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s, stories

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, and novel

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s to the leading literary publications of Hungary. In his works he depicts the dark side of life, and is a disciple of the modern French realistic school.

In 1995, the literary award :Sándor Bródy prize recognizing the best first novel of the year published in Hungarian was established in his honor by his grandson, the :Hungarian American Alexander Brody.

Literary works

The following are his principal works:

• "Regénytárgyak", tales, 1892;
• "A kétlelkű asszony", novel, 1893;
• "Az Egri diákok", 1894;
• "Nyomor", stories, 1884;
• "Faust orvos", novel, 1888–90;
• "Don Quixote kisasszony", novel, 1888;
• "Emberek", stories, 1888;
• "Színészvér", stories, 1891;
• "Hófehérke", novel, 1894;
• "Apró regények", 1895;
• "Két szőke asszony", novel, 1895;
• "Éjszaka", stories, 1895;
• "Rejtelmek", stories, 1895;
• "Az asszonyi szépség", 1897;
• "Tündér Ilona", novel, 1898;
• "Az ezüst kecske", de luxe edition, 1898;
• "Egy férfi vallomásai", 1899;
• "Fehér könyv", 1900–01.

Bródy justly enjoys a wide popularity. All his works have been translated into German

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, and many of his shorter productions have also appeared in French

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, English

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, Danish

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, Croatia

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n, and Serbia

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n newspapers and other periodicals. His contributions to the "Magyar Hirlap" are mostly of a political or critical nature. In 1901 he essayed the drama in his preparation of a play founded upon his novel "Hóféhérke"; this has been frequently performed with marked success at the National Theater at Budapest.