Writing · Author · Novel · Book
Born Oct 5, 1917 · Debrecen, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Active 1960–2007 · Awards: Kossuth Prize, Prix Femina étranger, Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of Hungary, honorary citizen of Budapest, honorary citizen of Debrecen, Cevennes Award
Magda Szabó was a Hungarian novelist. Doctor of philology, she also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memoirs, poetry and children's literature.