Gyula Kr煤dy (Author of Sunflower)

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Gyula Kr煤dy

Born

in Ny铆regyh谩za, Hungary

October 21, 1878

Died

May 12, 1933

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Gyula Kr煤dy was a Hungarian writer and journalist.
Gyula Kr煤dy was born in Ny铆regyh谩za, Hungary. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a maid working for the aristocratic Kr煤dy family. His parents did not marry until Gyula was 17 years old. In his teens, Gyula published newspaper pieces and began writing short stories. Although his father wanted him to become a lawyer, Gyula worked as an editor at a newspaper for several years, then moved to Budapest. He was disinherited, but supported his wife (also a writer) and children through the publication of two collections of short stories. Sinbad's Youth, published in 1911, proved a success, and Krudy used the character, a man who shared the name of the hero of the Arabian Nights, many times t ...more

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	Sunflower by Gyula Kr煤dy, John Batki (Translator), John Lukacs (Introduction) 3.72 avg rating — 524 ratings — published 1918 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adventures of Sindbad by Gyula Kr煤dy, George Szirtes 3.71 avg rating — 455 ratings — published 1911 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life is a Dream 3.49 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 1931 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ady Endre 茅jszak谩i 3.73 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miasto u艣pionych kobiet by Gyula Kr煤dy, El偶bieta Cygielska (Translator), Teresa Worowska (Translator) 3.39 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A 鈥媣枚r枚s postakocsi 3.57 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1913 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	O Companheiro de Viagem by Gyula Kr煤dy, Paulo Schiller (Translator), S谩ndor M谩rai (Contributor) 3.73 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1918 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contos h煤ngaros by Gyula Kr煤dy, Dezs艖 Kosztol谩nyi, G茅za Cs谩th 3.67 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Szindb谩d, az 谩lmok haj贸sa by Gyula Kr煤dy, Norbert Nagy (Illustrator) 3.52 avg rating — 48 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A V枚r枚s postakocsi / 艕szi utaz谩s a v枚r枚s postakocsin 3.71 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1964 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“.. she believed a great happiness awaited her somewhere, and for this reason she remained calm as the days flew by.”
― Gyula Kr煤dy, Sunflower

tags: happiness, life

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“I鈥檇 love to step off this well-trodden straight and boring path. To somehow live differently, think different thoughts, feel different feelings than others. It wouldn鈥檛 bother me to be as alone as a tree on the plains. My leaves would be like no other tree鈥檚.”
― Gyula Kr煤dy, Sunflower

tags: individuality, life, living

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“Only the insomniac looks on with open eyes, like a cadaver who forgot to die.”
― Gyula Kr煤dy

tags: insomnia

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