György Bodola

Who is György Bodola?

George Bodola was a Hungarian illustrator.

Born in Szombathely, Hungary, his father was a soccer coach at that time. The family moved in 1958 to Pécs, in 1960 to Miskolc, and in 1962 to Budapest.

George Bodola visited from 1966 to 1968 the Fáy András School in Mester Street, as a toolmaker student. From 1969 to 1970 he was student in the High School of Ormosbánya. He visited from 1972 the evening course of Kaffka Margit Secondary School, then he went to the correspondence course, but he had not passed the matriculation exam.

He was called up for military service in 1973, but due to a brawl, he was sent by the military court to the military jail, for eight months.