Countess Borbála Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld (born 1939) is a Hungarian noble, ballet master and author.

Biography

Countess Borbála Nádasdy was born in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

as a member of the Nádasdy family, one of the major Hungarian aristocratic families. Her father was Count Pál Nádasdy (1910–1974) and her mother was Antónia Augner (1914–2006), a famous dancer. Nádasdys had another daughter, Countess Erzsebet Maria (b. 1935). After the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

monarchists were persecuted in Hungary, so Borbála escaped to

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

, where she became a famous movie and stage actress. The government revoked the citizenship of Borbála and she found herself stateless. She appeared in only two movies as Barbara von Nady and she played several roles on stage. Years later she moved to

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, and worked for a ballet master.

Personal life

Borbála married two times. In 1958 she married Dimitry Fedotov in

, whom she divorced in 1964. Today, she lives in

Dourdan Dourdan () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France. It is the capital of the historical region of Hurepoix. It is located in the metropolitan area of Paris. Geography Dourdan is located on the river Orge in the western Es ...

with her second husband, Jean Poyeton, whom she married in 1966. She is a mother and a grandmother.

Major literary work

Her first novel, ''Zagolni zabad?'' (2008) was her memoirs. It was followed by two books, ''A zabadság zaga'' which was published in 2009 and ''Maradni zabad!'' which was released in 2010. She wrote a cookbook called ''Ízes Élet!'' which was published in 2012. For her literary work she was awarded with the

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary The Hungarian Order of Merit () is the fourth highest Order (honour), State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the Order of ...

in 2012.

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nadasdy, Borbala 1939 births Living people Hungarian women writers Borbala Writers from Budapest