Dezső Szomory
The native form of this personal name is Szomory Dezső. This article uses the Western name order.
| Dezső Szomory | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
Moshe Weisz 2 June 1869 Pest, Hungary, Austria-Hungary |
| Died |
30 November 1944 (aged 75) Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Genre | Novel, history play |
| Literary movement | Art Nouveau, naturalism, romanticism |
| Notable works |
Hermelin The Paris Story |
Dezső Szomory (born Moshe Weisz;[1] 2 June 1869 – 30 November 1944) was a Hungarian Jewish writer and dramatist. In his history plays and other works, he developed a unique tone and style of Budapest Hungarian;[2] his work has been compared to that of Marcel Proust.[1] He died during the Holocaust while living under Swedish protection in Budapest, suffering "starvation, loneliness, and depression".[3]
References
- 1 2 Fenyvesi 2003, p. 23.
- ↑ Sarlos 1969, p. 441.
- ↑ Turán 2013, p. 49.
Bibliography
- Fenyvesi, Charles (2003). When Angels Fooled the World: Rescuers of Jews in Wartime Hungary. Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press.
- Sarlos, Robert K. (2002). "Hungary". In Gassner, John; Quinn, Edward. The Reader's Encyclopedia of World Drama (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Dover. pp. 437–43.
- Turán, Tamás (2013). "Two Peoples, Seventy Nations: Parallels of National Destiny in Hungarian Intellectual History and Ancient Jewish Thought". In Hatos, Pál; Novák, Attila. Between Minority and Majority: Hungarian and Jewish/Israeli Ethnical and Cultural Experiences in Recent Centuries. Budapest: Balassi Institute.
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