Kálmán Csathó (13 October 1881,

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– 14 February 1964, Budapest) was a Hungarian writer, theater director, and member of the

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from 1933 to 1949 and vice-president of the

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. He was also married to actress Ilona Aczél.

Career

He graduated with a degree in law in Budapest, and studied theater in

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. When he returned to Hungary in 1906, he worked as a clerk in the ministry of culture. He went on a study tour on a state scholarship to

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, then from 1909 in Budapest, worked first as a director at the National Theatre, then from 1919 onward as its chief director. In 1936, he was the vice-president of the Kisfaludy Society. In 1940, he became the director of the

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and the Andrássy Street Theatre. He was a corresponding member of the

between 1933 and 1949, and in 1989, his membership was reinstated posthumously. He was buried in

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Works

* A varjú a toronyórán (1916) * Te csak pipálj, Ladányi (1916) * Juliska néni (1918) * Ibolyka/Pókháló (1920) * Mikor az öregek fiatalok voltak (1921) * Földiekkel játszó égi tünemény (1924) * Leányok, anyák, nagyanyák I-III. (1928) * Most kél a nap (1928) * Leányos ház 1931-ben (1931) * Kluger és társa (1933) * Családfa (1934) * A szép Juhászné (1936) * Az én lányom nem olyan (1936) * Barátom, Bálint (1938) * A kék táska * A nők titka * Maskara * Vadászzsákmány (1940) * A régi Nemzeti Színház (1960) * Tavasztól tavaszig (1962) * Írótársak között (1965)

Plays

* Az új rokon (1922) * A házasságok az égben köttetnek (1925) * Mi van a kulisszák mögött (1926) * Matyika színésznő szeretne lenni (1929) * Fűszer és csemege (1938) * Ilyeneknek láttam őket (1957) * A régi Nemzeti Színház (1960) * Tavasztól tavaszig (1962) * Lilla

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Csatho, Kalman 1881 births 1964 deaths Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Hungarian theatre directors 20th-century Hungarian writers Hungarian theatre managers and producers Burials at Farkasréti Cemetery

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