Radnóti Miklósné Gyarmati Fanni - Napló 1935-1946 I-II. (Radnóti Miklósné)

Napló 1935–1946 is the diary of Fanni Gyarmati, wife and muse of the Hungarian poet Miklós Radnóti, published in two volumes. Fanni began writing in January 1935, at the age of twenty-three and a few months before her marriage to the poet, and kept the diary for twelve years, often with daily regularity. The entries end in September 1946, a few weeks after Radnóti, murdered in 1944 during his third forced labour service, was buried in Budapest.

The diary brings the everyday life of this couple and their circle to life. Readers glimpse the routines of Hungary's progressive literary and artistic scene in a country growing ever more fascist, as well as close friendships, trips to Paris and small domestic matters. It also offers an intimate view of a young working woman who saw her main task in supporting her husband's poetic development in every way she could.

As the war unfolds, historical events increasingly enter the personal record, bringing violence, deprivation and vulnerability. Fanni wrote to preserve a trace of everything that had happened to the two of them. The text is both a document of its time and a moving personal testimony.