Gyorgy Dalos
Gyorgy Dalos (b.
September 23,
1943 in
Budapest) is a
Hungarian novelist best known for his
novels 1985 and
The Guest from the Future: Anna Akhmatova and Isaiah Berlin. He is currently head of the Institute for Hungarian Culture in
Berlin.
1985 is a sequel to
George Orwell's
1984. This novel begins with the death of
Big Brother and reflects an intermediate period between
1984 and a more optimistic future characterized with a decline in orthodoxy of the totalitarian system, struggles of the ensuing powers and the near destruction of the Oceania air force by Eurasia.