Ferenc Karinthy
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Ferenc Karinthy (June 2, 1921, Hungary - February 29, 1992) was a novellist, playwright, journalist, editor and translator, as well as a water polo champion. He authored more than a dozen novels. The writer and journalist Frigyes Karinthy was his father.
Epepe (Metropole) is the first of Karinthy's novels to be translated into English. It was published by Telegram Books in 2008.
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