Writer Tony Laszlo, 50, has a strong passion for languages. He speaks 10, including English, Japanese, Chinese, Greek, Turkish and French. As a writer, he uses both English, his mother tongue, and Japanese.
In 2005, he published his first essay "Tony-ryu Shiawase wo Saibai suru Hoho" ("Tony's Method for Cultivating Happiness"), which was written in Japanese. His second essay on the topic of what it is like to lead a multilingual life is to be published early next year.
Laszlo is widely known in Japan as "darling" in the best-selling comic book series "Darin wa Gaikokujin" ("My Darling is a Foreigner"), written by his wife, manga artist Saori Oguri, in 2002. The series has sold 1.7 million copies to date.
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