Jeno Marton

Jenö Marton (born November 25, 1905 in Hamburg , † June 18, 1958 in Zurich ) was a Swiss writer .

Life

Jenö Marton came from a Hungarian circus family. From 1917 to 1925 he attended Swiss schools and was an inmate of the educational institution in the fortress of Aarburg , where he was trained as a tailor against his will . In addition, Marton was active in the scout movement, in whose press his first literary works appeared. After working as an advertising consultant, director and salesman, Marton switched to writing in the 1930s . His work consists mainly of books for young people in which he u. a. also processed his experiences in the circus environment and in the educational institution. His main works were Gunaria das Reich - the parable portrayal of a modern state and the dangers of totalitarianism - as well as the novel Jürg Padrun , an ambitious piece of local literature set in Graubünden in the 19th century . They did not bring the hoped-for success with the adult reading public, so that the author, who had been a Swiss citizen since 1940 , largely fell silent, apart from a few smaller works, and was quickly forgotten. He died at the age of 52 of complications from a pulmonary embolism .

Works

• Fermenting souls , Zurich 1929
• With Huhaha through Paprika , Zurich 1930
• Dreihäuserkinder , Chur 1935
• Cell 7 free again ...! , Aarau 1936
• Stop Heiri - there you go ...! , Aarau 1936
• Ueli, Urs and Urseli in the children's paradise , Zurich 1940
• Jimmy, Jacky & Jonny, the circus boys , Zurich 1941
• Gunaria das Reich , Zurich 1942
• Jürg Padrun , Zurich 1944
• The blue sonnets , illustrated by Heinrich Herzig, Gais 1947
• Tatzelwurm and Alpruoch , Zurich 1949 (together with Moritz Kennel)

Web links

• Literature by and about Jenö Marton in the catalog of the German National Library
• Texts on Jenö Marton by Charles Linsmayer