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    Györ­gy Spiró

    Born in 1946 in Budapest, award-win­ning drama­tist, nov­el­ist, and trans­la­tor Györ­gy Spiró has earned a rep­u­ta­tion as one of post­war Hungary’s most promi­nent and pro­lif­ic lit­er­ary fig­ures. He teach­es at ELTE Uni­ver­si­ty of Budapest, where he spe­cial­izes in Slav­ic literatures.

    Jesus’s Twin

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    Essay

    Two Great Writ­ers of Cen­tral Europe

    Ear­li­er this week, Györ­gy Spiró shared how the New York Postal Ser­vice and the mys­te­ri­ous iden­ti­ty of St. Thomas inspired his nov­el Cap­tiv­i­ty. Györ­gy will be…
    Györ­gy Spiró
    November 20, 2015
    Essay

    With­in the Quo­tid­i­an All the Secrets of Exis­tence Are Concealed

    Ear­li­er this week, Györ­gy Spiró shared how the mys­te­ri­ous iiden­ti­ty of St. Thomas led him to write Cap­tiv­i­ty. Györ­gy will be blog­ging here all week as part of the…
    Györ­gy Spiró
    November 18, 2015
    Essay

    Jesus’s Twin

    Györ­gy Spiró is the author of Cap­tiv­i­ty, an epic nov­el set in first cen­tu­ry Rome writ­ten in Hun­gar­i­an and trans­lat­ed by Tim Wilkin­son for Rest­less Books. Györ­gy…
    Györ­gy Spiró
    November 16, 2015
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    Cap­tiv­i­ty
    György Spiró; Tim Wilkinson, trans.

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