Laszlo Bito returned to his place of birth - Budapest, Hungary to write
his prose and now participates in local television talk shows, gives radio
and newspaper interviews and writes newspaper articles, essays, and commentaries.
| 1934 | ||
| Born in Budapest, Hungary. | ||
| 1951 - 1953 | ||
| Deported from Budapest, together with his family, by the Hungarian communist regime. | ||
| 1954 - 1956 | ||
| Works in a forced labor unit in the coalmines of Komlo, Hungary. | ||
| Begins to write, in secret, short stories and notes for novels. | ||
| 1956 - 1957 | ||
| Organizes the labor camp revolt and is elected president of the revolutionary committee. | ||
| Escapes to Austria and emigrates to the United States. | ||
| 1957 - 1966 | ||
| Finishes college, then obtains Ph.D. in Cell Biology and Biophysics from Columbia University (New York). | ||
| Completes post-doctoral training in brain research, in London. | ||
| 1966 - 1998 | ||
| Returns to Columbia University where he rises in the academic ranks to Professor of Ocular Physiology. | ||
| Publishes more than 150 scientific articles, as well as numerous reviews. | ||
| Writes and edits several scientific monographs. | ||
| 1994 | ||
| His first novel, Istenjárás, published in Hungarian (Aura Press). Russian translation under way. | ||
| 1996 | ||
| Az Ötödik Lovas published in Hungarian (Aura Press). | ||
| 1997 | ||
| The eye-pressure-lowering glaucoma drug - Xalatan - based on his patents is marketed by Pharmacia and Upjohn in the USA, and then worldwide. | ||
| 1998 | ||
| Retires from Columbia University. | ||
| Currently holding the titles of Professor Emeritus in Ocular Physiology, and Special Lecturer | ||
| Abraham and Isaac ("Ábrahám és Izsák") published in Hungarian. | ||
| Abraham and Isaac published in Russian, translated by Tatjana Voronkina (Phantom Press, Moscow). | ||
| 1999 | ||
| Russian translation of Abraham and Isaac republished in Belorussia, in two subsequent issues (August, September) of the World Literature Magazine of Minsk | ||
| 2000 | ||
| After receiving several national and international honors, receives the Proctor Medal, which is the highest award in the field of ophthalmology research. | ||
| The second book of the Isaac trilogy The Teachings of Isaac ("Izsák tanítása") is published in Hungarian (Argumentum Kiado). | ||
| Russian translation by Tatjana Voronkina published in November (Raduga Publishers). | ||
| Second edition of Abraham and Isaac published in Hungary in November (Argumentum Kiado) | ||
| Second Russian edition published in November (Raduga Publishers). | ||
| German translation by Pal Karpati, published in November (T. Schafer Verlag) | ||
| Slovak translation by Maria Fazekas, published in November (Motyl). | ||
| Major front-page article in the New York Times (Sunday, 23 April 2000) features his drug (Xalatan) and his life story. | ||
| 2001 | ||
| Romanian translations of Abraham and Isaac and The Teachings of Isaac translated by Annamaria Pop (Editura Paralela 45). | ||
| Receives the John and Samuel Bard Award for Science and Medicine, from Bard College (New York). | ||
| 2002 | ||
| The third biblical novel, Isaac of Nazareth ("A Názáreti Izsák") published in Hungarian, in May (Argumentum Kiado). | ||
| 2003 | ||
| Abraham and Isaac published in French, translated by Georges Kassai. (Les Éditiones des Intouchables, Québec). | ||
| Isaac of Nazareth published in Russian, translated by Tatiana Voronkina (Raduga, Moscow). | ||
| 2004 | ||
| Receives the "Middle
Cross of the Hungarian Republic with the Star" award. (A Magyar Köztársasági Érdemrend Középkeresztje a Csillaggal (polgári tagozata)) |
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| Nekünk kell megváltanunk magunkat
- Egy humanista hitvallása (We must be our own saviors
-- The credo of a humanist) (Argumentum, Budapest). A collection of newspaper and magazine articles, interviews with the author and television discussions. |
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| 2005 | ||
| Boldogabb élet – jó halál / Eutelia – Eutanázia [Blissful Life - Peaceful Death / Eutelia - Euthanasia] Published in Hungarian (Athenaeum, Budapest) | ||