Lit in Translation

László Márton

Born 1959 · Hungary

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Aegon 2019 · Shortlist

    Két obeliszk

    Title translated by AI:“Two Obelisks”

    László Márton · 59 when first published

    Novel · 240 pages · Love, Historical

    AI-generated summary:In autumn 1913 Karl K., a Viennese journalist, meets the young baroness Sidonie N.; they fall in love, but their planned marriage falls through before the war, and twenty years later they meet again in Switzerland.

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    Aegon 2013 · Shortlist

    M. L., a gyilkos

    Title translated by AI:“M. L., the Murderer”

    László Márton · 53 when first published

    Short stories · 189 pages

    AI-generated summary:One story and two short novels that drive their events forward by setting seemingly ordinary characters and situations, charged with huge inner tension, against each other.

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    Aegon 2009 · Shortlist

    Amit láttál, amit hallottál

    Title translated by AI:“What You Saw, What You Heard”

    László Márton · 49 when first published

    Short stories · 358 pages

    AI-generated summary:Eighteen playful and chilling stories that uncover unsuspected dimensions of everyday life in today's Hungary, where telling what happened collides with how people would like to see it.