- The native form of this personal name is Spiró György. A personal name is the Proper name identifying an individual Person. This article uses the Western name order. A personal name is the Proper name identifying an individual Person.
György (George) Spiró (born April 4, 1946) is a dramatist, novelist and essayist who has emerged as one of post-war Hungary's most prominent literary figures. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic
The son of an engineer from Miskolc in eastern Hungary, he graduated in Hungarian and Slavic literature from the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in 1970, and completed additional studies in journalism and sociology. Miskolc (miʃkolts approximate pronunciation "Me-shkolts" in Slovak Miškovec, in Polish Miszkolc) is a city in North-East His earlier career was spent in radio journalism. More recently, in addition to his writing, he has been employed as Professor of Literature and Aesthetics at ELTE.
His plays have won numerous awards, including several for best Hungarian drama of the year. A few of them are available in English translation. The best known one is Chickenhead (1986), an earthy and bitter drama of a young delinquent's disillusionment at the longed-for reunion with his drunken father. Chickenhead is a 1986 play by Hungarian playwright George Spiro. Dramatic Exchange described it as "widely considered to be the most important Hungarian play of the last 20 years. "
His avant-garde style, depicting coarse language and characters outside the pale of respectability, often dismayed more traditional Hungarian critics. Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard
His most recent work, and most ambitious creation to date, is an 800 page novel, Fogság, (Captivity), published in 2005. Set in the Roman Empire in the time of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, it follows the experiences of a Jewish wanderer named Uri. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Spiró's earlier works eschewed Jewish themes, but in this work he returns to his ancestral roots.
External links
- An English translation of the play Chickenhead
- Home page with reviews of the novel Fogság, in Hungarian
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