Tivadar Farkasházy (nickname "Teddy") (born 15 December 1945 in

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) is a Hungarian

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, and

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Biography

He graduated at

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majoring in economical planning/mathematics in 1969, and earned his doctoral title. He was one of the Hungarian investment bank's economists from 1969 to 1972, after that he was a journalist at a university magazine, titled "Közgazdász" ("Economist"). From 1973 he was the director of the "Vidám Színpad", later the director of the "Mikroszkóp Színpad". In 1974 he was the winner of

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's first humourfestival. From 1975 he was the editor of the Rádiókabaré. From 1989 he is owner, editor, and frequent contributor to the satirical political biweekly ''Hócipő'' (Overshoe). 14 of his books have been published. He was jailed for one night (26/27 March 2007), rather than paying a traffic fine.

Personal life

His hobbies are soccer and

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. He owns a holiday house in

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. His favorite composer is

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. He is an avid fan of the races. His favourite horse is the Hungarian horse

Overdose A drug overdose (overdose or OD) is the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities much greater than are recommended.

. Farkasházy wrote a book about this horse. His two favourite paintings were painted by

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. He likes to drink Hungarian red wine and especially the palinka.

Family

He is married. His wife, Noémi Benedek (nickname "Mimi", after the

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's Mimi) is a master violin-maker (as is her father). He has children and twin grandchildren. He is famous because of his big family (based on his stories, which he says in the Heti Hetes, he has many family members). His family members are

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, Móric Farkasházi Fischerhttp://veszprem.hir6.hu/cikk/19218/080924_felavattak_a_gyaralapito_fischer_mor_szobrat_herenden and many others.

Appearances in Heti Hetes

He is one of the permanent members of the weekly show "Heti Hetes" (Hungarian version of

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). He sits on the seventh place. He was in the first Heti Hetes in 1999. He's best known for his long stories. He is one of the most popular members in this show. The other members often joke about his stories, because (based on his stories) he was in so many places and many different events.

Awards

* Winner of the

's first humourfestival (1974) * Karinthy-ring (1986) * Opus-prize (1991) * Hungarian Pulitzer Prize (1992) * Maecenas-prize (1993) * Collective (Hungarian) Pulitzer Prize (2000)

Books

* Overdose - a veretlen 11 (2008) �
The book's website
* Bobby visszatér avagy a Fischer-rejtély (2008) �
The book's website
* 32 figura - a sakk regénye (2007) �
The book's website
* Zsokékrul – a lóverseny regénye (2006) �
The book's website
* Ír Úr – avagy búcsú a kabarétól (2004) �
The book's website
* A kék mauritius (2002) �
The book's website
* Fülig Jimmy kiadott és kiadatlan levelei (2002) * Hét és fél (2001) * Hetedik (2000) * Fülig Jimmy kiadatlan levelei (1998) * Atlasszal Hócipőben (1995) * Nem Értem (1994) * Tévések végjátéka (1989) * Mitisír a hogyishívják (1988) * 22 Bolond a Rádiókabaréból (1987)

External links

YouTube videos
about his appearances in Heti Hetes.
YouTube videos
about his appearances in Heti Hetes (this isn't the same link as the one above!).
Farkasházy's website

Sources and notes

This page is (partly) translated from the Hungarian Wikipedia article. {{DEFAULTSORT:Farkashazy, Tivadar 1945 births Living people Hungarian journalists Hungarian comedians Hungarian television personalities Corvinus University of Budapest alumni Writers from Budapest Hungarian people of Jewish descent