Antal Hidas
Illustration — Hidas' grave Antal Hidas (18 December 1899 – 22 January 1980) was a Hungarian communist writer, poet and translator. In 1921, following the defeat of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, he and his future wife Judit Szántó emigrated to Czechoslovakia, where their child, Éva Szántó, was born. They returned to Hungary in 1924 and divorced the following year.
Also recorded as Gyula Szántó · Gyula Szanto
Antal Hidas
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- Full name
- Spitzer Gyula.
- Born
- Antal Hidas was born, sources differ on the date (on 18 December 1899 and on 19 December 1899).
- Died
- 1980. · Budapest.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Hungary.
- Occupation
- writer, poet, journalist, factory worker, newspaper vendor and translator.
- Fields
- literary activity, poetry and translation.
- Honours
- Kossuth Prize, Order of Friendship of Peoples and Order of the Badge of Honour.
- Languages
- Hungarian and Russian.
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Illustration — Hidas' grave Antal Hidas (18 December 1899 – 22 January 1980) was a Hungarian communist writer, poet and translator. In 1921, following the defeat of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, he and his future wife Judit Szántó emigrated to Czechoslovakia, where their child, Éva Szántó, was born. They returned to Hungary in 1924 and divorced the following year.
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Antal Hidas (died 1980) was a Hungarian and Soviet factory worker, journalist and newspaper vendor, among other activities. Born Spitzer Gyula, the factory worker died in Budapest. Antal Hidas was also known as Csont Ádám and Kovács Péter. Antal Hidas was active in literary activity, poetry and translation.
Languages used include Hungarian and Russian. The factory worker received Kossuth Prize, Order of Friendship of Peoples and Order of the Badge of Honour.
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Identity and origins
In 1926 he emigrated again, to the Soviet Union, where he married Ágnes Kun, Béla Kun's daughter. Hidas was arrested in January 1938 during the Great Purge (seven months after his father-in-law Béla Kun's arrest), but survived the Gulag and returned to Hungary in 1959. He won the Kossuth Prize in 1962. Hidas died of cancer in 1980. He is buried with his wife Ágnes Kun in the Fiume Road Graveyard in Budapest.
Antal Hidas was recorded at birth as Spitzer Gyula. He also worked under the names Kovács Péter and Csont Ádám. The authorities additionally record the headings Gyula Szántó and Gyula Szanto. His recorded languages were Hungarian and Russian. He married Judit Szántó and Ágnes Kun. One child is recorded: Éva Szántó.
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Antal Hidas is recorded with the occupation literary translator. Recorded with the occupation newspaper vendor. Recorded with the occupation factory worker. Recorded as having received Kossuth Prize, Order of Friendship of Peoples and Order of the Badge of Honour.
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1899
Antal Hidas was born on 18 December 1899.
1980
Antal Hidas died on 22 January 1980.
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- 1.Sachar, Howard M. Dreamland: Europeans and Jews in the Aftermath of the Great War. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. 2007. Page 130
- 2.Pankin, Boris. "The Last Hundred Days of the Soviet Union." I.B. Tauris. 1996. p. 157.
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