Dr Jasz was born Elfer Istvan in Budapest, Hungary, in 1943 and attended school in that city. He has a number of university degrees including the equivalent of a PhD.
His career has been in the fi...view moreDr Jasz was born Elfer Istvan in Budapest, Hungary, in 1943 and attended school in that city. He has a number of university degrees including the equivalent of a PhD.
His career has been in the field of the arts and literature, working, inter alia, as a dramatic director, (dramaturg,) in Budapest’s “Thalia” theatre as well as positions in the Hungarian Library of Pedagogics and the Hungarian Academy of Science.
In addition to a number of documentaries and other productions and publications he is the author of three dramatic plays, a comedy, a screenplay for a movie and two novels, one of which, “Csobbano Ido,” (“Ripples of Time”) gained him the prestigious Wallenberg prize. “Csobbano Ido” is his first work translated into English.view less