Géza Ottlik

1912 - 1990

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

genre: novel

country of citizenship: Hungary

languages spoken, written or signed: Hungarian

educated at: Eötvös Loránd University

occupation: mathematician, writer, translator, journalist, bridge player, prosaist, opinion journalist

award received: Kossuth Prize, Attila József Award, Tibor Déry Prize, Ernő Szép award, Righteous Among the Nations

Géza Ottlik (9 May 1912 – 9 October 1990) was a Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and bridge theorist. According to an American obituary bridge column, he was known in Hungary as "the ultimate authority on Hungarian prose". Source: Wikipedia (en)