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ANDRES LASZLO Sr.
BIOGRAPHY
Andres (Andras) Emerico Laszlo (von Keller) was born in Szinna, Austro-Hungary in 1910 (now Snina Slovakia) and died in Evry, France in 1985. His mother was Baroness Ilona von Keller (d1966), and his father was Maximilian Leibrowitz (d1931). The family later assumed the name, Laszlo. Andres' brother, Adalberto Laszlo, was a successful biochemist (d1972) and Andres' son, Andres Ulf Laszlo was born in Lund, Sweden, in 1955. A well-known author, Andres Laszlo Sr's fiction has also inspired three movies. He is remembered as a Spanish author, although born Austro-Hungarian and nationalized French: a "quadruple EU nationality" that has caused no country to "claim him" as his own: something that has caused his authorship of lately to be unfairly neglected/forgotten.
Born the son of a baroness and the traveling theater impresario that she eloped with, much of Andres' early youth - when not traveling with the theater company - was spent in Budapest where he hung around theaters, eking out his allowance by selling cherries on the ferries that navigated the waters between Buda from Pest. He went to school in Budapest and worked as an art critic, an actor, a stage manager, a stage director and eventually as well as manager of his father's traveling thespian society. He left Hungary for Paris in 1938 where he allegedly attended Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts. Not returning to Hungary after the war, France and Spain were to become his new home countries. Before the eruption of the war, he brought his mother, brother and oldest nephew from Hungary to live in Madrid. His later years were spent in Spain and France, making trips to Canada and the US to exhibit his extensive art collections. In 1956 he bought a house in Evry, outside Paris, where he lived for five years with his wife, Ulla, and me (his son: Andres Laszlo Jr.). During the sixties, seventies, and part of the eighties, he spent summers in France and winters in Spain. Laszlo Sr. had a great interest in art and put together two collections: Goya’s engravings and naïve Spanish art. Both collections were exhibited all over the world.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
NB. The texts here listed are paper books only. From 2014 most of these books have been published in e-format, and many new translations have been made. More about these e-books is available (elsewhere) on this site. Note that all books have been translated (5)/retranslated (2) into English, while getting proper content editing and general polish.
1946. Francisco Goya, Spain: Editorial Tartessos. Several books on Goya and on Laszlo's own collection have been published earlier/later.
1947. El Castillo de las Focas, Spain: Janez.
1948. La Rapsodia del Cangrejo, Spain: Janez.
1950. Sin Uniforme. Spain, film-script (Ladislao Vajda directed).
1952. Donde los Vientos Duermen, Spain: Janez & Ediciones, Mere Inconnue, France: Stock, Die Mutter Meines Sohnes, Germany/Austria: Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1958.
1952. Donja Juana, Don Juan, Juan y Juanito, Spain: Janez, Don Juan: French theatre-play performed by Marcel Marceau.
1955. Solo el Paisaje Cambia, Spain: Janez.
1956. Mi Tio Jacinto, Spain: Janez, Pepote, Italy: Paravia, 1956. Le Muchacho, France: Gallimard, 1957 Mein Onkel Jacinto, Germany/Austria: Paul Zsolnay Verlag 1957 My Uncle Jacinto, Japan: Sogensha & Co, 1958. My Uncle Jacinto, U.S.A: Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., 1958. My Uncle Jacinto, UK: Jonathan Cape, 1958.
1956. Paco el Seguro, Spain: Janez, Paco l’infaillible/Paco le Prolifique France: Editions Gallimard, 1959. Paco Never Fails, UK: Secker & Warburg, 1960.
FILMOGRAPHY
Sin Uniforme is a movie based on a script that Andres Laszlo co-wrote with Ladislao Vajda and others.
My Uncle Jacinto was a Spanish-Italian co-production released 31st of May 1956. The movie was directed by Ladislao Vajda, who co-wrote the script with Laszlo. The movie starred Pablito Calvo and Antonio Vico. Calvo went on to win the Premio del Public in Berlin for his performance, and the movie won a silver bear. The director and Laszlo were close friends, and the screenplay remained faithful to the original text. Unfortunately the last "cut" of the film has removed the wonderful undecidability that should result from that the viewer doesn´t know (and shouldn't know) whether Pepote's "they threw me out" is the truth or not.
Paco el Seguro was a French-Spanish co-production released 1979. Directed by Didier Haudepin, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Laszlo. Bloody Mary Productions were the main producer, but Filmoblic, Lotus Films, Record, and Tanagra were also involved. There were contractual disputes which resulted in that the film has not been shown outside Spain.
Mother Unknown. At his demise, Andres Laszlo Sr. was in the process of turning "Solo el Paisaje Cambia" into a film script.
The main part of this article has been taken from Wikipedia.
BOOKS BY ANDRES LASZLO SR.
ITALIAN
- Pepote (Italian, Paravia, 1956)
- Pepote (Italian, Amazon, 2015) BUY
- Cronached di Laszlo & Laszlo (Italian, Amazon, 2018) BUY
- Cronache di Laszlo & Laszlo I (Italian, Amazon, 2018) BUY
ENGLISH
- My Uncle Jacinto (UK, Jonathan Cape, 1958)
- My Uncle Jacinto (U.S.A, Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., 1958)
- My Uncle Jacinto (Adaptation, Amazon 2015) BUY
- Paco Never Fails (Secker & Warburg, 1960)
- Paco Never Fails (Adaptation, Amazon 2015) BUY
- The Laszlo & Laszlo Chronicles / including Solo el Paisaje Cambia (Amazon, 2016) BUY
- Short Stories by Senior / Solo el Paisaje Cambia (Adaptation, Amazon, 2017) BUY
- Mother Unknown (Adaptation, Amazon, 2016) BUY
- Doña Juana (Adaptation, Amazon, 2016) BUY
- The Crab's Rhapsody (Adaptation, Amazon, 2018) BUY
- The Seal Castle (Adaptation, Amazon, 2018) BUY
- The Complete Works of Andres Laszlo Sr. (Adaptation, Amazon, 2018) BUY
SPANISH
- Francisco Goya, (Editorial Tartessos, 1946 & 2+ more)
- Mi Tio Jacinto - movie BUY
- Mi Tio Jacinto (Janez, 1956)
- Mi Tio Jacinto (Amazon 2015) BUY
- Paco el Seguro (Janez, 1957)
- Paco el Seguro (Amazon 2015) BUY
- El Castillo de las Focas (Janez, 1947)
- El Castillo de las Focas (Amazon 2015) BUY
- La Rapsodia del Cangrejo (Janez, 1948)
- La Rapsodia del Cangrejo (Amazon 2015) BUY
- Doña Juana, Don Juan, Juan y Juanito (Janez, 1952)
- Doña Juana, Don Juan, Juan y Juanito (Amazon 2015) BUY
- Donde los Vientos Duermen/Madre Desconocida (Janez & Ediciones GP, 1952)
- Donde los Vientos Duermen (Amazon 2015) BUY
- Solo el Paisaje Cambia (Janez, 1955)
- Solo el Paisaje Cambia (Amazon 2015) BUY
- Las Crónicas de Laszlo & Laszlo 1 (Amazon 2018) BUY
- Las Crónicas de Laszlo & Laszlo (Amazon 2018) BUY
- Las Obras Completo de Andres Laszlo Sr. (Amazon 2018) BUY
FRENCH
- Le Muchacho (Gallimard, 1957) BUY
- Mon Oncle Jacinto (Amazon 2016) BUY
- Paco l'Infaillble (Galimard, 1958) BUY
- Mere Inconnue (Stock, 1958)
- Chroniques Laszlo & Laszlo I (French, Amazon, 2018) BUY
- Chroniques Laszlo & Laszlo (French, Amazon, 2018) BUY
GERMAN
- Mein Onkel Jacinto (Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1957)
- Mein Onkel Jacinto (Amazon, 2015) BUY
- Die Mutter Meines Sohnes (Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1958)
- Paco, der Zuverlässige (Amazon, 2016) BUY
- Die Rhapsodie Einer Krabbe (Amazon, 2015) BUY
- Das Schloss der Seehunde (Amazon, 2016) BUY
- Doña Juana (Amazon, 2015) BUY
OTHER LANGUAGES
- Laszlo & Laszlo Släktkrönika (Swedish, Amazon, 2019) BUY
- Senior's Korta Historier (Swedish, Amazon, 2019) BUY
- Min Farbror Tjurfäktaren (Swedish, Adaptation, Amazon, 2016) BUY
- Doña Juana (Swedish, Adaptation, Amazon, 2018) BUY
- Paco el Segur (Catala, Amazon 2016) BUY
- My Uncle Jacinto (Japan, Sogensha & Co, 1958)
- МОЯТ ЧИЧО ХАСИНТО (Bulgarian, Lulu, 2015) BUY