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George Nemeth

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George Nemeth
Nemeth (centre) and Mary Melfi (left) with Nemeth's grandson, c. 2007
Born(1933-04-10)April 10, 1933
DiedOctober 2, 2009(2009-10-02) (aged 76)
NationalityHungarian Canadian
Occupations
  • Psychologist
  • poet
  • writer
Known forCo-founding the Arkánum Magazine
Spouse
(m. 1975)

George Nemeth (April 10, 1933 – October 2, 2009) was a Hungarian Canadian psychologist, avant-garde trend poet, and writer.

Biography

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Nemeth was born in 1933, and grew up under Mátyás Rákosi's socialist regime. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Nemeth fled Hungary, and settled in Canada. In 1957, Nemeth got his PhD in psychology from McGill University and taught psychology at Concordia University.[1]

Nemeth began his poetic career in the 1960s. In 1981, he co-founded the Arkánum Magazine, which he also co-edited with Sándor András, Jószef Bakucz, and László Kemenes Géfin. He died in 2009 in Montreal.

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary". Legacy.com.