Júlia Székely (Budapest,úliaSzé 8 May 1906 – 19 March 1986) was a Hungarian writer and musician.

She studied with the composer Béla Bartók, eventually becoming a pianist. She is also the author of biographies (especially of famous musicians), novels and dramas.

Júlia Székely

Works

A repülő egér (1939): novel

A halhatatlan kedves (1961): biography of composer Ludwig van Beethoven

Vándor Évek (1962): biography of composer Franz Liszt

Elindultam szép hazámból (1965) : biography of Béla Bartók

Schubertiáda (1968) : biography of composer Franz Schubert

Chopin Párizsban (1969) : biography of composer Frédéric Chopin

Sources

Biographical note on the electronic Lexikon website: https://web.archive.org/web/20111005204636/http://www.netlexikon.hu/yrk/Ryrgenwm/14441 (hu)

Júlia Székely

1906 births

1986 deaths

Musicians from Budapest

Hungarian classical pianists

Hungarian women pianists

20th-century classical pianists

Pupils of Béla Bartók

Hungarian women biographers

20th-century biographers

Hungarian women novelists

20th-century Hungarian novelists

20th-century Hungarian women writers

20th-century women composers

20th-century women pianists

Júlia Székely