Career
After the First World War he served as chief of staff of the First Division in the Hungarian Red Army. Later he joined to Miklós Horthy"s counter-revolutionary National Army. He was promoted to general on 1 November 1934.
Between 1 February 1935 and 1 October 1937 he served as commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade.
On 1 May 1938 he became Lieutenant General and an observer of the acceleration forces, and since 31 December 1938, of the cavalry. He was appointed commander of the Third Army on 1 March 1940.
He commanded the army during the occupation of Vojvodina. He was promoted to cavalry general on 1 May 1941.
He was deposed from the army commander position on 1 November 1941.
He was retired on 1 February 1942. From 22 October 1942 he served as royal councillor. After the Second World War Gorondy-Novák moved to abroad.
He died in Argentina.
Gorondy-Novák was called Goromba-Novák ("Rude-Novák") by his soldiers because of his strictness and rough style.