Áron Tamási

Áron Tamási (born: János Tamás; 20 September 1897 – 26 May 1966) was a Hungarian language writer from Romania. He became well known in his native region of Transylvania and in Hungary for his stories written in his original Székely style.

Biography

Born to a Székely family in Farkaslaka in Udvarhely County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (present-day Lupeni, Harghita County, Romania), he graduated in Law and Commerce at the Babeș-Bolyai University, Tamási emigrated to the United States in 1923, soon after Transylvania became part of Romania. He wrote his first Hungarian-language novels there, and these were soon published in Cluj, to widespread acclaim. He returned home in 1926 and lived in Transylvania until 1944.

One of Tamási's most famous works from this period was a novel trilogy about the adventures of a Székely boy called Ábel, a young forest ranger living alone in the Hargita Mountains. Tamási moved to Budapest in 1944, and lived there until his death in 1966. At his request, he was buried in his native Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, Romania.

Works

Szász Tamás, a pogány – Cluj, 1922 – short story

Lélekindulás – Cluj, 1925 – short stories

Szűzmáriás királyfi – 1928 – novel

Erdélyi csillagok 1929 – short stories

Címeresek – Cluj, 1931 – novel

Helytelen világ – Cluj, 1931 – short stories

Ábel a rengetegben – Cluj, 1932 – novel

Ábel az országban – Cluj, 1934 – novel

Ábel Amerikában – Cluj, 1934 – novel

Énekes madár – Budapest, 1934 – drama

Rügyek és reménység – Budapest, 1935 – short stories

Jégtörő Mátyás – Cluj, 1936 – novel

Tündöklő Jeromos – Cluj, 1936 – drama

Ragyog egy csillag – Cluj, 1937 – novel

Virágveszedelem – Budapest, 1938 – short stories

Magyari rózsafa – Budapest, 1941 – novel

Vitéz lélek – Budapest, 1941 – drama

Csalóka szivárvány – Budapest, 1942 – drama

Összes novellái – Budapest, 1942 – short stories

A legényfa kivirágzik – Budapest, 1944 – short stories

Hullámzó vőlegény – Budapest, 1947 – drama

Zöld ág – Budapest, 1948 – novel

Bölcső és bagoly – Budapest, 1953 – novel

Hazai tükör – Budapest, 1953 – novel

Elvadult paradicsom – Budapest, 1958 – short stories 1922–26

Világ és holdvilág – Budapest, 1958 – short stories 1936–57

Hegyi patak – 1959, drama

Szirom és Boly – Budapest, 1960 – novel

Játszi remény – Budapest, 1961 – short stories

Akaratos népség – Budapest, 1962 – drama

Hétszínű virág – Budapest, 1963 – short stories