A Tale of Genius and Grit, Perilous Times, and the Invention that Changed the Way We Write
by
György Moldova
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
László Bíró's last name is, in much of the world, a synonym for his revolutionary writing tool. But few people know that Bíró began his career in interwar Budapest as a journalist frustrated with spotty ink; that he escaped fascism by fleeing to Paris and, finally, to Buenos Aires; that a fellow...