Jenő Heltai
Jenő Heltai (born August 11, 1871 in Pest , Austria-Hungary ; died September 3, 1957 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian poet, writer and journalist of Jewish descent.
Life
He published his first poems at the age of 14. After dropping out of law school, he first wrote for Budapest daily newspapers, then became a member of the army. He traveled a lot and lived in Paris , London , Vienna , Berlin , Istanbul . He later turned to writing and became successful as a playwright. With The Jaguar , Jenő Heltai broke new ground in Hungarian humor.
He fled the Jewish laws abroad; after 1945 he returned to Hungary as a devout Christian. Towards the end of his life he received the honor he deserved: first he was awarded the French Legion of Honor , and in the last year of his life he was awarded the Hungarian Kossuth Prize .
Works
His prose and poems are cheerful, light and ironic. Particularly noteworthy are his stories about the bohemian city of Budapest and the political conditions before the First World War . Later he withdrew from politics and so he was able to live in peace in all systems (except for the brief emigration).
The following novels were also published in German:
- Mr. Marquis's Pants and Other Humoresques (1913)
- Theophrastus and the Maiden (1948)
- The family hotel (1914)
- The Jaguar (1929)
- Room 111 (1920)
- The Doctor and Death (1930)
- House of Dreams (1975)
- My second wife (1912)
He also wrote a comedy as a poem: The dumb knight. This play is still often played in Hungarian theaters today. He also wrote lyrics, for example for the musical Held János by Pongrác Kacsóh.
Film adaptations
- "Bernáték kikocsiznak" (1912)
- Room 111 (1920)
- Masamód (1920)
- Naftalin (1927)
- One rises to (1927)
- Bombs on Monte Carlo (1931)
- Señora casada necesita marido ("My second wife") (1935)
- The Lady Escapes (1937)
- Room 111 (1938)
- Hero János (1939)
- Jaguar (1967)
- Naftalin (1978)
- Room 111 (1982)
- The Mute Knight (1983)
literature
- Werner Schweikert: Bibliography of the Hungarian literature of the 20th century in German, Verlag Werner Schweikert, 2000.
- Hans Morgenstern: Jüdisches biographisches Lexikon, Lit Verlag, Vienna, 2011, p. 339.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jenő Heltai in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hunlit (Hungarian literature)
- Portrait from the "Nyugat", State Szechenyi Library, Budapest
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heltai, Jenő |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heltai, Jeno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian poet, writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd September 1957 |
| Place of death | Budapest |