Beschreibung
About the Author
Géza Ottlik (1912–1990), following the family tradition, attended military school, but the experience turned him against all walks of army life for good. He studied mathematics and physics at university, and his first publications appeared in journals and newspapers during this period. He worked as a script editor for the Hungarian broadcasting company until 1946.
He usually worked on his publications for years, and produced relatively few original pieces of writing. He was much more prolific as a translator. The British government invited him to make a study tour in the UK on account of his output of brilliant literary translations from English into Hungarian. He won several literary awards.
About the Title
School at the Frontier (Iskola a határon) tells the story of three boys starting military school and of how they manage to conform to life in this harsh, highly disciplined and exclusive institution.
The novel was not at all an instant success when first published in 1959. However, in the course of time it became a seminal piece of work for later generations of readers and writers alike.
Ottlik first submitted the manuscript for publication in 1948 under a different title, but withdraw it and went on to rewrite the text thoroughly before he was satisfied with it.
About the Series
Our series features the translations of well-known and popular Hungarian literary works on three language proficiency levels.
When retelling the stories we followed the guidelines of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, and paid equal attention to keep the spell of the original works. The readings are supplemented by a glossary and activities.
We recommend these titles to those who are taking a school leaving or language proficiency exam, who read for the pleasure of reading, or who wish to be able to talk about Hungarian literary masterpieces in English.
Géza Ottlik (1912–1990), following the family tradition, attended military school, but the experience turned him against all walks of army life for good. He studied mathematics and physics at university, and his first publications appeared in journals and newspapers during this period. He worked as a script editor for the Hungarian broadcasting company until 1946.
He usually worked on his publications for years, and produced relatively few original pieces of writing. He was much more prolific as a translator. The British government invited him to make a study tour in the UK on account of his output of brilliant literary translations from English into Hungarian. He won several literary awards.
About the Title
School at the Frontier (Iskola a határon) tells the story of three boys starting military school and of how they manage to conform to life in this harsh, highly disciplined and exclusive institution.
The novel was not at all an instant success when first published in 1959. However, in the course of time it became a seminal piece of work for later generations of readers and writers alike.
Ottlik first submitted the manuscript for publication in 1948 under a different title, but withdraw it and went on to rewrite the text thoroughly before he was satisfied with it.
About the Series
Our series features the translations of well-known and popular Hungarian literary works on three language proficiency levels.
When retelling the stories we followed the guidelines of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, and paid equal attention to keep the spell of the original works. The readings are supplemented by a glossary and activities.
We recommend these titles to those who are taking a school leaving or language proficiency exam, who read for the pleasure of reading, or who wish to be able to talk about Hungarian literary masterpieces in English.
Buchdetails
Format
Kindle
Seiten
98 Seiten
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
Jul 4, 2012
Verlag
Akadémiai Kiadó
ISBN-10
9630591235
ISBN-13
9789630591232