Sándor Márai

Sandor Marai was a Hungarian author, journalist, and poet born in Kassa, Austria Hungary in 1900. Over the years, he has become known for writing in a clear and precise realist style which has made him one of the most respected literary fiction novelists from the 20th century. As for his upbringing, Sandor was born to a noble family in Hungary that had German origins. He was the son of a jurist named Geza Grosschmid who was a member of parliament in the Czechoslovak legislature following the end of the First World War. As a child, he went to school in Budapest and Kassa, Eperjes. Following his high school studies, he went to study the humanities and literature at Peter Pazmany University which was the beginning of his literary journey.