Antal Szerb

Antal Szerb (1901-1945) is a Hungarian literary historian, essayist, novelist, and man of letters. Although he is known chiefly for his History of Hungarian Literature (1934), his History of World Literature (1941) and his essays on English literature and cultural history, his novel Utas �s holdvil�g (1937), variously translated into English as The Traveler (1994), Journey by Moonlight (2001), and Traveler and the Moonlight (2015), is a unique contribution to modern world literature....See more

Antal Szerb (1901-1945) is a Hungarian literary historian, essayist, novelist, and man of letters. Although he is known chiefly for his History of Hungarian Literature (1934), his History of World Literature (1941) and his essays on English literature and cultural history, his novel Utas �s holdvil�g (1937), variously translated into English as The Traveler (1994), Journey by Moonlight (2001), and Traveler and the Moonlight (2015), is a unique contribution to modern world literature. During a forced march in 1945, Antal Szerb and 2000 fellow Jews were executed by the Nazis and buried in a mass grave in the obscure village of Balf, Hungary. In memory of Antal Szerb, the translator continues to donate his royalties from the sale of this book to the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg. https: //... See less