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Шаблон:Infobox writer Ervin Baktay (1890–1963; born Ervin Gottesmann[1]) was an author noted for popularizing Indian culture in Hungary.[2][3]

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Dr. Ervin Baktay's tomb at Farkasréti Cemetery

He had started his career as a painter[4] and he encouraged his niece Amrita Sher-Gil to pursue art.[5] Baktay gave up painting to study eastern religions and art, and became a renowned Indologist.[4]

Family

Ervin Baktay was uncle to artist Amrita Sher-Gil and nephew to Nagybánya artist Alfréd Gottesmann (1872–1965).

Works

He translated the Kama Sutra in 1920 and then published a version of the Mahābhārata in 1923.[6] In 1960, he produced a version of the Ramayana.[6]

Selected publications

  • Baktay Ervin: Die Kunst Indiens; Übers. Edith Róth; Bearb. Heinz Kucharski; Berlin - Budapest, Terra - Akad. Verlag, 1963.

References

  1. Baktay Ervin (1890-1963) megjelent könyvei (Terebess Ázsia E-Tár)
  2. Indo-Hungarian Cultural & Educational Relations, Historical Perspective Шаблон:Webarchive, Indian Embassy in Hungary
  3. Claudine Bautze-Picron. Ervin Baktay, the art historian. BÉLA KELÉNYI, Az indológus indián. Baktay Ervin emlékezete (The Indologist Indian: Memory of Ervin Baktay), Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts – Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts, 2014 (pp. 364-9)., 2014. halshs-01079408
  4. 4,0 4,1 Amrita Shergil, sikh-heritage.co.uk
  5. Шаблон:Cite web
  6. 6,0 6,1 Шаблон:Cite book

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