Áron Tamási (born: János Tamás; 20 September 1897 – 26 May 1966) was a Hungarian writer. He became well known in his native region of

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and in Hungary for his stories written in his original Székely style.

Biography

Born to a Székely family in Farkaslaka in

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(present-day

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Harghita County Harghita (, hu, Hargita megye, ) is a county (județ) in the center of Romania, in eastern Transylvania, with the county seat at Miercurea Ciuc. Demographics 2002 census In 2002, Harghita County had a population of 326,222 and a populatio ...

), he graduated in Law and Commerce at the

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, Tamási emigrated to the United States in 1923, soon after Transylvania became part of Romania. He wrote his first Hungarian-language novels there, and these were soon published in

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, to widespread acclaim. He returned home in 1926 and lived in Transylvania until 1944. One of Tamási's most famous works from this period was a novel trilogy about the adventures of a Székely boy called ''Ábel'', a young forest ranger living alone in the Hargita Mountains. Tamási moved to

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in 1944, and lived there until his death in 1966. At his request, he was buried in his native

Székely Land The Székely Land or Szeklerland ( hu, Székelyföld, ; ro, Ținutul Secuiesc and sometimes ; german: Szeklerland; la, Terra Siculorum) is a historic and ethnographic area in Romania, inhabited mainly by Székelys, a subgroup of Hungarians. ...

, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania,

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Works

* ''Szász Tamás, a pogány'' – Cluj, 1922 – short story * ''Lélekindulás'' – Cluj, 1925 – short stories * ''Szűzmáriás királyfi'' – 1928 – novel * ''Erdélyi csillagok'' 1929 – short stories * ''Címeresek'' – Cluj, 1931 – novel * ''Helytelen világ'' – Cluj, 1931 – short stories * ''Ábel a rengetegben'' – Cluj, 1932 – novel * ''Ábel az országban'' – Cluj, 1934 – novel * ''Ábel Amerikában'' – Cluj, 1934 – novel * ''Énekes madár'' – Budapest, 1934 – drama * ''Rügyek és reménység'' – Budapest, 1935 – short stories * ''Jégtörő Mátyás'' – Cluj, 1936 – novel * ''Tündöklő Jeromos'' – Cluj, 1936 – drama * ''Ragyog egy csillag'' – Cluj, 1937 – novel * ''Virágveszedelem'' – Budapest, 1938 – short stories * ''Magyari rózsafa'' – Budapest, 1941 – novel * ''Vitéz lélek'' – Budapest, 1941 – drama * ''Csalóka szivárvány'' – Budapest, 1942 – drama * ''Összes novellái'' – Budapest, 1942 – short stories * ''A legényfa kivirágzik'' – Budapest, 1944 – short stories * ''Hullámzó vőlegény'' – Budapest, 1947 – drama * ''Zöld ág'' – Budapest, 1948 – novel * ''Bölcső és bagoly'' – Budapest, 1953 – novel * ''Hazai tükör'' – Budapest, 1953 – novel * ''Elvadult paradicsom'' – Budapest, 1958 – short stories 1922–26 * ''Világ és holdvilág'' – Budapest, 1958 – short stories 1936–57 * ''Hegyi patak'' – 1959, drama * ''Szirom és Boly'' – Budapest, 1960 – novel * ''Játszi remény'' – Budapest, 1961 – short stories * ''Akaratos népség'' – Budapest, 1962 – drama * ''Hétszínű virág'' – Budapest, 1963 – short stories

External links

Digitalised works of Áron Tamási
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamasi, Aron 1897 births 1966 deaths People from Harghita County People from the Kingdom of Hungary Székely people Romanian people of Hungarian descent National Peasant Party (Hungary) politicians Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (1945–1947) Hungarian novelists Hungarian-language writers Romanian male novelists Franz Joseph University alumni Romanian emigrants to the United States 20th-century Romanian novelists 20th-century male writers Baumgarten Prize winners