Emma Ritoók or Ritoók Emma (15 July 1868 – 3 April 1945) was a poet, critic and philosopher.
Emma Ritoók | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Ritoók in 1915 | |
| Born | 15 July 1868 Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 3 April 1945 (aged 76) Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Other names | Ritoók Emma |
| Occupation | Poet • Critic • Philosopher. |
Biography
editEmman Ritoók was born in Nagyvárad in what was then Austria-Hungary, and is now Oradea in Romania. Ritoók studied in Budapest, Leipzig and Paris and in 1906 she obtained a doctorate in philology. She was a librarian at the Capital Library. In 1897 she won a science competition prize ( A természettudományi irány a szépirodalomban The natural science trend in fiction) of the Szigligeti Társaság of Nagyvárad. In 1905 she distinguished herself with her winning novel Egyenes úton - egyedül . She translated from Scandinavian writers Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Knut Hamsun. She was a member of the Budapest philosophical discussion group "Sunday Circle".[1]
She died in Budapest, Hungary in 1945.
Works
edit- Egyenes úton - egyedül (romano, Bp., 1905);
- Arany János elmélete az eposzról (study, Bp., 1906);
- A nagy véletlen (romano, Bp., 1909);
- Négyen a tűz körül (stories, Bp., 1911);
- Ellenséges világ (stories, Bp., 1911);
- Sőtét hónapok (poems, Bp., 1920);
- A szellem kalandorai (I - II., Romano, Bp., 1921);
- Pán megváltása (Mistery Game, Bp., 1929);
- Gyárfás Sándor két élete (Roman, Bp., 1933).
References
edit- ^ Judith Marcus (1987). Georg Lukács and Thomas Mann: A Study in the Sociology of Literature. Univ of Massachusetts Press. pp. 198–. ISBN 0-87023-486-2.
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