About Kálmán Csathó
Lived 1881 – 1964 (aged 82). Kálmán Csathó was a Hungarian theatre director, writer, playwright, novelist and screenwriter.
Kálmán Csathó (13 October 1881, Budapest – 14 February 1964, Budapest) was a Hungarian writer, theater director, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1933 to 1949 and vice-president of the Kisfaludy Society. He was also married to actress Ilona Aczél.
Career He graduated with a degree in law in Budapest, and studied theater in Berlin. When he returned to Hungary in 1906, he worked as a clerk in the ministry of culture. He went on a study tour on a state scholarship to Paris, then from 1909 in Budapest, worked first as a director at the National Theatre, then from 1919 onward as its chief director. In 1936, he was the vice-president of the Kisfaludy Society. In 1940, he became the director of the Magyar Theatre and the Andrássy Street Theatre. He was a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences between 1933 and 1949, and in 1989, his membership was reinstated posthumously.
Death He was buried in Farkasréti Cemetery.
Works A varjú a toronyórán (1916) Te csak pipálj, Ladányi (1916) Juliska néni (1918) Ibolyka/Pókháló (1920) Mikor az öregek fiatalok voltak (1921) Földiekkel játszó égi tünemény (1924) Leányok, anyák, nagyanyák I-III. (1928) Most kél a nap (1928) Leányos ház 1931-ben (1931) Kluger és társa (1933) Családfa (1934) A szép Juhászné (1936) Az én lányom nem olyan (1936) Barátom, Bálint (1938) A kék táska A nők titka Maskara Vadászzsákmány (1940) A régi Nemzeti Színház (1960) Tavasztól tavaszig (1962) Írótársak között (1965)
Plays Az új rokon (1922) A házasságok az égben köttetnek (1925) Mi van a kulisszák mögött (1926) Matyika színésznő szeretne lenni (1929) Fűszer és csemege (1938) Ilyeneknek láttam őket (1957) A régi Nemzeti Színház (1960) Tavasztól tavaszig (1962) Lilla
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writer, theatre director (1881–1964)
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Kálmán Csathó was born on 13 October 1881 in Budapest.
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Kálmán Csathó died on 4 February 1964 in Budapest.
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Kálmán Csathó was a theatre director, writer, playwright, novelist and screenwriter.
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Kálmán Csathó was Hungarian.
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