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LáSzló AlmáSy

 His is a name that one cannot forget after you hear it. It is all the more unforgettable because author Michael Ondaatje chose the real person with this name to be the central fictional character in his book, "The English Patient." Film producer Saul Zaentz elevated Ondaatje's sophisticated love and adventure story by employing talented actors and stunning visuals in the popular film of the same name. Honestly, the book and the film have always been on my top ten list of entertainment. Many women especially believe that both the book and film characters Hana (Juliette Binoche) and Katharine (Kristin Scott Thomas) revealed very much about what a woman wants and how she thinks. It was the writer and the producer who used the real person of László Almásy, and many of his actual experiences to be at the center of a story that drew both female characters into the bittersweet tale. Who was this guy, László Almásy? He was an Austria-Hungarian, born into nobility, and schoole