Ervin Baktay | |
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Born | Ervin Gottesmann 1890 |
Died | 1963 |
Occupation | Writer |
Relatives | Amrita Sher-Gil (niece) |
Ervin Baktay (1890–1963; born Ervin Gottesmann[1]) was an author noted for popularizing Indian culture in Hungary.[2][3]
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]
Ervin Baktay was uncle to artist Amrita Sher-Gil and nephew to Nagybánya artist Alfréd Gottesmann (1872–1965).
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]