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Dezső Szomory

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Dezső Szomory
BornMoshe Weisz
(1869-06-02)2 June 1869
Pest, Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died30 November 1944(1944-11-30) (aged 75)
Budapest, Hungary
NationalityHungarian
GenreNovel, history play
Literary movementArt Nouveau, naturalism, romanticism
Notable worksHermelin
The Paris Story

Dezső Szomory (born Moshe Weisz;[1] 2 June 1869 – 30 November 1944) was a Hungarian Jewish writer and dramatist.

Biography

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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

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  1. ^ a b Fenyvesi 2003, p. 23.
  2. ^ Sarlos 2002, p. 441.
  3. ^ Turán 2013, p. 49.

Bibliography

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  • 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) [1969]. "Hungary". In Gassner, John; Quinn, Edward (eds.). 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 (eds.). Between Minority and Majority: Hungarian and Jewish/Israeli Ethnical and Cultural Experiences in Recent Centuries. Budapest: Balassi Institute.