The Refund - Part 1

About the Author :

1. Fritz Karinthy was born on 25 June 1887 and died on 29 August 19382. He is a Hungarian author well known for his novels and scholarly essays and translation works.

3. He is adept carving his characters with deep insight which peripherally seems ridiculous.

4. His popular works are ; Professor, Please ( 1916), Journey Round My skull (1939), Refund ( 1938)

5. American playwright Percival Wilde (1887-1953) adopted Karinty’s play Refund for general audience.

6. He was the first proponent of the six degrees of separation concept, in his 1929 short story, Chains

7.Other Important writings,: Voyage to Faremido is an early examination of artificial intelligence, while Capillaria is a polished and darkly humorous satire on the 'battle of the sexes'.

8. Karinthy said that he is influenced by  Jonathan Swift .