Dezső Szomory

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]

The native form of this personal name is Szomory Dezső. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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

References
  1. Fenyvesi 2003, p. 23.
  2. Sarlos 2002, p. 441.
  3. 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) [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.


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