György Spiró Interview
Clark Blaise interviews György Spiró, a novelist and playwright from Hungary. Spiró was ten years old at the time of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 and talks about his life during that time. Before deciding to be a writer, he had contemplated being a musician or a physicist. Spiró has translated many Polish plays into Hungarian with intentions to expose Hungarians to a culture that is different from their own. It wasn’t until Spiró learned to make compromises that he was able to get his plays staged and from there able to become successful at being a playwright.
In: International Writing Program Archive | Dramatic Writing | Poetry
Authors: György Spiró
Date Recorded: January 01, 1995
Works Read: Related Works: Les Anonymes, by György Spiró
Program: --
Format: interview
Contributors: Clark Blaise interviews.
Topics: Hungary; 1956; Communism; Hungarian Revolution; politics; plays; theater
Note: Recorded in 1995, month and day are unknown. From the IWP Interview Series. Sound quality is poor at times.