András Kálmán Viktor Domahidy (23 February 1920 – 8 August 2012) was a contemporary Hungarian-Australian, novelist and librarian. His novels were written in Hungarian. Born in

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, in northwestern

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, András Domahidy completed a PhD in law at

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and served in the

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towards the close of

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. In 1950 he emigrated to

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, settling in

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and obtaining a BA at the

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. Until his retirement in 1985 he was a senior librarian at the university. Domahidy started writing in the 1950s and his novels ''Vénasszonyok nyara'' (''Indian Summer'', 1969) and ''Árnyak és asszonyok'' (''Shadows and Women'', 1979) were published in Europe. ''Shadows and Women'' has since been published in English translation in Australia.

Bibliography

Novels * ''Vénasszonyok nyara'' 'Indian Summer''(Rome, 1969;

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, 1987) * ''Árnyak és asszonyok'' (

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, 1979; Budapest, 1985) 'Shadows and Women'' Translated by Elizabeth Windsor (Perth: Aeolian, 1989)

External links

Aeolian Press

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Domahidy, Andras 1920 births 20th-century Australian novelists 20th-century Australian male writers Australian male novelists Hungarian male novelists 2012 deaths People from Satu Mare Writers from Perth, Western Australia University of Western Australia alumni 20th-century Hungarian novelists 20th-century Hungarian male writers Romanian emigrants to Hungary Hungarian emigrants to Australia