As about the Glance also reported, István Nemere recently celebrated his eightieth birthday. For the event, his publisher, colleagues and friends organized a surprise for the writer, who was greeted at the National Széchényi Library. The author believed that his 795th volume, a Broken wings he is coming to the presentation of the book, but instead he was received by the Society of Historical Novel Writers and the World Ocean publishing house together with his friends and loved ones. The creator spoke of the event as the most fantastic birthday surprise of his life, and he also told Blikk with a smile:
I have a lot more to say! My competitors have all died out around me. I compete with myself.
The event took place in a good atmosphere, where the publisher also surprised the 80-year-old artist by giving him copies of his five new volumes published over the weekend, so in addition to the round birthday, he also arrived with 800 published works. From there, the artist went to the Duna Plaza for an autograph session, but on the way home he got sick in the car.
It’s been a long time since I saw István so happy and excited, he was preparing for the upcoming UFO meeting, at which he was to give a presentation. But life or fate wanted it differently. After the birthday celebration, we went to Duna Plaza to sign autographs, and then headed to the car. He usually drives, but now he’s handed the wheel to me. After barely a minute, his head drooped and he was motionless. I tried to ferment it, but it didn’t work
– quotes writer Judit Szentgyörgyi of Blikk, wife of István Nemere. Szentgyörgyi added: “I called the ambulance and his nearby publisher, Attila Vincze and his wife, Natália Nagy, to help until the ambulance came. In the meantime, Nati also called the ambulances, so soon two arrived. They did everything to get István in a transportable state. They fought for his life for at least half an hour, until they managed to get him to the hospital, where he is now under deep anesthesia. We don’t know what will happen to the poor, but we hope…”
They are fighting for his life
According to the newspaper’s information, it is not possible to breathe yet. The doctors are still fighting for István Nemere. According to his wife, the writer never complained in the last ten years, there were no signs of the incident.
Mátyás Kapa, head of the Society of Historical Novel Writers, organized István Nemere’s birthday celebration, and the next meeting and book launch were also discussed, so the news was a shock to him as well.
István has been a member of our company since the beginning, and he was always happy to come to our meetings if time allowed. I hope to see you again soon with another volume
– quotes Mátyás Kapa in Blikk. Attila Járai, Nemere’s friend, is positive about things and recalled that something similar had happened to the writer once, but even then his will to live prevailed: “István will always be in poor health, but he almost left us here twenty years ago. He was revived in the Szeged hospital.”
(Cover photo: István Nemere on May 3, 2015. Photo: Gyula Czimbal / MTI)
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