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Hungarian writer.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1887-06-25 ) 25 June 1887, Budapest , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 29 August 1938 (1938-08-29) (aged 51), Siófok , Hungary
- Occupations
- Author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator
- Known for
- Originating the six degrees of separation concept
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frigyes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Siófok
- Spouse
- Aranka Böhm
- Child
- Ferenc Karinthy
- Occupation
- writer
- Employer
- Pesti Napló
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Field of work
- Esperanto
- Image
- Karinthy Frigyes c 1930.jpeg
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- Commons category
- Frigyes Karinthy
- date of birth
- 1887-01-01
- date of death
- 1938-01-01
- cause of death
- stroke
- birth name
- Karinthy Frigyes Ernő
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Fiume Road Graveyard
- name in native language
- Karinthy Frigyes
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Encyclopedic overview
Frigyes Karinthy ( Hungarian: [ˈfriɟɛʃ ˈkɒrinti]; 25 June 1887 – 29 August 1938) was a Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator. He was the first proponent of the six degrees of separation concept, in his 1929 short story, Chains (Láncszemek). Karinthy remains one of the most popular Hungarian writers. He was the brother of artist Ada Karinthy and the father of poet Gábor Karinthy and writer Ferenc Karinthy.
Among the English translations of Karinthy's works are two science fiction novellas that continue the adventures of Swift's character Gulliver. Voyage to Faremido is an early examination of artificial intelligence, with a pacifist theme, while Capillaria is a polished and darkly humorous satire on the 'battle of the sexes'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frigyes Karinthy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.