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Ferenc Máté
Hungarian-Canadian writer and author
Ferenc Máté | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 (age 79–80) Hungary |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Education | University of British Columbia |
| Genre | Fiction, non-fiction, memoir |
| Subject | Boat building, historical fiction, |
| Notable works | From a Bare Hull, A Reasonable Life, The Hills of Tuscany |
| www.ferencmate.com | |
Ferenc Máté (born 1945 in Hungarian Transylvania) grew up in Budapest.
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He escaped Hungary with his mother after the crushing of the 1956 revolution by Soviet tanks. He graduated from the University of British Columbia and worked on a railroad extra-gang, on tugboats, and as a boat-builder. He then became a photographer, book editor, and writer.
He has lived in Vancouver, Laguna Beach, Whistler Mountain, New York City, Paris, and Rome, and now resides on a wine estate in Tuscany with his wife, painter and winemaker Candace Máté, and their son, Peter.
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