Ervin Baktay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ervin Baktay

Hungarian Indologist

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1890

Place of Birth: Dunaharaszti, Pest County, Hungary

Date of Death: 07-May-1963

Profession: writer, translator, painter, orientalist, art historian

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Ervin Baktay (1890–1963; born Ervin Gottesmann) was an author noted for popularizing Indian culture in Hungary. He had started his career as a painter and he encouraged his niece Amrita Sher-Gil to pursue art.
Baktay gave up painting to study eastern religions and art, and became a renowned Indologist.