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Béla Vihar
Attila József Prized Hungarian poet, journalist, educator

Béla Vihar

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Attila József Prized Hungarian poet, journalist, educator
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Hajdúnánás, Hajdúnánás District, Hajdú-Bihar County, Hungary
Place of death
Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary
Age
70 years
Family
Children:
Judit Vihar
Béla Vihar
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Biography

Béla Vihar (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈvihɒr]) (23 May 1908 – 24 November 1978) was a Hungarian poet, journalist, writer and teacher. He is known for his book titled Yellow Book, Facts of the Wartime Sufferings of Hungarian Jewry which was the first documentary book about The Holocaust in the world. His famous poem, A Soldier ealking in the snow (Egy katona megy a hóban, translated by László Tehel) commemorates all the soldiers who lost their lives a war.

Biography and carrier

Young Poet

Béla Vihar was born on 23 May 1908 in Hajdúnánás. His wife was Magda Widder, the daughter of painter Félix Bódog Widder and their daughter is Judit Vihar.

His poems were published in English, Bulgarian, Czech, French, Hebrew, Croatian, German, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Spanish and Slovak languages. In the 1970s his radio drama "Der Fremde. Hörspiel – Ballade" (The Stranger. Radio Drama – Ballad) was a great success in Germany.

We two, alone:
We are two at the birth.
We are two in love, lonely
at the time of death

Awards and honors

  • Attila József Prize – 1966

Selected works

Books

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Poems

  • Út önmagadtól (1933)
  • A szerelem születése (1958)
  • Baráti asztal (1960)
  • Önarckép 1962 (1962)
  • A négy felelet (1965)
  • Kígyóének (1970)
  • Párbeszéd az idővel (1968)
  • Küzdelem az angyallal (1973)
  • Szamárháton (1976)
  • Egy katona megy a hóban (1978)
  • Az alkonyat kapujában (1980)
  • Elröppent lakodalom (1984)
  • Szíjak között (ed. Judit Vihar). Széphalom Könyvműhely, Budapest. 1998. (Disclosed: Among Phylacteries)
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