Ada Noémi Karinthi, born ''Etelka Karinthi'', later ''Adél Jusztina Karinthi'', name variant: ''E. Ada Karinthy'' (20 October 1880,

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, – 31 May 1955, Budapest,

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) - Hungarian painter and illustrator, sister of the writer

Frigyes Karinthy Frigyes Karinthy (; 25 June 1887 – 29 August 1938) was a Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator. He was the first proponent of the six degrees of separation concept, in his 1929 short story, ''Chains'' (''Láncszemek'') ...

and wife of the painter

Viktor Erdei Viktor Erdei, known as ''Győző Epstein'' until 1906A Belügyminisztérium 1906. évi 19872. sz. rendelete. MNL-OL 30791. mikrofilm 1187. kép 2. karton. Névváltoztatási kimutatások 1906. év 7. oldal 35. sor. (Budapest, October 16, 1879 – ...

Life

Daughter of József Ernő Karinthi and Karolina Szeréna Engel, a

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family in Budapest. Her family was originally Jewish, but converted to Lutheranism shortly before her brother Frigyes was born (1887). Young Etelka played piano and wrote poems in childhood, before studying at the free school in

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between 1906 and 1912. She exhibited at the National Salon (1914, 1916, 1917) and at the 1916/17 winter exhibition of the Hall of Art, mainly watercolors. She also produced works of applied art and book illustrations. On 14 June 1908 Viktor Erdei married non-denominational Ada in Budapest. Their marriage was dissolved in 1922, but they married again on 21 June 1924 in Budapest.A házasságkötés bejegyezve Budapest VII. ker. 844/1924.
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Bibliography

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' Ed. Peter Ujvári. Jewish Lexicon, 1929. * * ''Magyar asszonyok lexikona''. Compiled, prefaced and provided by Margit Bozzay. 1931. Stephanum St. * ''Gulyás Pál: Magyar írók élete és munkái''. Hungarian Association of Librarians and Archivists, 1939-2002. From volume 7 to the press, reg. János Viczián.
Karinthy E. Ada /Karinthy Ada Noémi, Erdei Viktorné/ (1880-1955)

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karinthi, Ada Hungarian painters 1880 births 1955 deaths Hungarian women artists People of Hungarian-Jewish descent