In 2002 A pusztítás könyve (Genesis Undone) received a prestigious Hungarian literary prize for a first novel. He is also speaks Romanian and German quite well.ĭragomán up to now has written two novels. That in Hungary meant that his knowledge of English had to be quite proficient even before entering university. He finished high school in Budapest and was accepted as an English major at ELTE (Eötvös Lóránt Tudományegyetem). György Dragomán was born in Romania (1973) but the family moved to Hungary when he was fifteen years old. Apparently, Franjo Tudjman's ancestors, judging from his name, were most likely dragomans. It even spread to Romanian and Hungarian (tîlmáci and tolmács). It was adopted by the Turks in the form of "tercüman" and from there entered several Slavic languages. The word is actually of Arabic origin (tarjuman). His name and his life encompass the whole ethnic patchwork of the region. A "dragoman" was an interpreter and official guide in the Ottoman Empire who had to be proficient in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian. He seems to be the new literary star on the horizon.
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