Géza Szávai

Variety and experiment characterize his work as a novelist. The Past Millenium in Marienbad, a novel described as “monumental” by critics, discusses the personal and collective crises experienced in post-communist Hungary. His novel entitled Aletta’s Ark takes place in 17th century Japan and describes the massacre of Christians that occurred at this time

Thoroughly enthralled by diversity’s possibilities, Szávai professes that each of his novels comprises a different genre. He believes a few pages can sufficiently convey the depth of an entire novel. In his series, Great Novels and Smaller Ones, he experiments with this unique technique to writing novels. The first volume in this series, Tracks in the Snow, was published in 2008. In an interview about his latest work, Carrying You to Lands of Wonder (2013), Szávai stated that, “It’s fashionable these days to refer to the phrase, ’world music.’ In my opinion, world novels are emerging from the same kinds of depths.” This work also brings world novels to the surface. As far as the author’s interpretation of “wonder” is concerned, he says the following: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}

A hazugság forradalma – A kisgyermek és a valóság: Revolution of Lies – The Child and Reality (Lánc, lánc, Eszterlánc I., 1997); Kétszemélyes költészet – A nyelv és a vers születése (Twohanded Poetry – The Birth of Language and Poetry (Lánc, lánc, Eszterlánc II., 1998); The third volume is in preparation: Láss csodát – A rajzoló kisgyermek lélektana (The Psychology of the Drawing Child).

Géza Szávai (born 4 December 1950) is a Hungarian novelist.

Szávai was born in 1950 in Szeklerland. (Szeklerland is inhabited by Hungarians and is a specific, autonomous part of Transylvania, cradle of the history and culture of several nations – Romanians, Germans etc. –, now belonging to Romania.) Having taken a university degree, he taught for a short period of time, then worked as a journalist and editor. He has been living in Budapest from 1988. In 1994 he founded the PONT Publishing House, which publishes books (and periodicals) in several languages. He started an international program called CONFLUX (the opposite of conflict) together with his friends living in Europe and overseas. He writes prose and essays. His most known book, the Szekler Jerusalem is an exciting “essay-novel” containing historical documents, reflections, memoirs and personal confessions, presenting the tragic story of Hungarian Sabbatarians or “spiritual Jews”.