Tibor Méray

He co-wrote the 1969 comedy spy novel Catch Me a Spy, which was later adapted into a 1971 film To Catch a Spy starring Kirk Douglas. Méray died on 12 November 2020 in Paris.

• Name — Tibor Méray • Born — 6 April 1924 • Birthplace — Budapest, Hungary • Died — 12 November 2020 • Place of death — Paris, France • Genre — journalist • Awards — Attila József Prize (1951, 1952) Kossuth Prize (1953) Legion of Honour (1997) Tibor Méray (6 April 1924 – 12 November 2020) was a Hungarian journalist and writer, worked for various newspapers (Szabad Nép, Csillag) during the Communist regime. He was a war correspondent for Szabad Nép (official daily of the ruling communist Hungarian Working People's Party and predecessor of the Népszabadság) during the Korean War. As a supporter of the politics of Imre Nagy, he fled the country after the abortive uprising of 1956 and became a staunch anti-Communist, living in Paris, France. After working for several journals, he was editor-in-chief of the Irodalmi Újság, an important emigrant Hungarian-language weekly in Paris, from 1971 to 1989. He co-wrote the 1969 comedy spy novel Catch Me a Spy, which was later adapted into a 1971 film To Catch a Spy starring Kirk Douglas. Tibor Méray died on 12 November 2020 in Paris.