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Giorgio Pressburger

Giorgio Pressburger (1937–2017) was born in Budapest and lived in Italy from 1965. He wrote novels and short stories, and worked as a film and theatre director. He received several prizes for this work, including the Italy Prize in 1972, 1975 and 1988, and was awarded a musical prize in Hungary in 1975.

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Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition padlock

Teeth

Giorgio Pressburger

‘One day in January a tall thin man with long white hair came into our courtyard. He was draped in a green cloak, torn in various places.’

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Fiction | Issue 37 padlock

The Law of White Spaces

Giorgio Pressburger

‘It was beginning to seem as if his brother’s fate depended on him, on his ability, or lack of it, to learn the prayer for the dead.’

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Fiction | Issue 37 padlock

The Temple in Budapest

Nicola Pressburger & Giorgio Pressburger

‘Like the exterminating angel the rabbi appeared among us.’

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