Career
Born in Budapest, Bächer wrote as a critic for the Hungarian daily newspaper Népszabadság. He also published several volumes of short stories and novellas. One of his stories was the inspiration for the television opera Bekerítve of István Láng in 1990, directed by György Molnár and became a film.
Iván Bächer died following a serious illness on 2 December 2013, aged 56, at a Budapest hospital.