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Count Albert Wass de Szentegyed et Czege (Hungarian ''gróf szentegyedi és czegei Wass Albert''; ''Válaszút'', Kingdom of Hungary (now Răscruci, Cluj County, Romania), 1908 – Astor, Florida, February 17, 1998) was a Hungarian nobleman, forest engineer, novelist, poet and member of the Wass de Czege family. In 1944 he fled from Romania to Hungary, and then joined the fleeing Wehrmacht forces and ended up in Germany, then emigrated to the U.S. After World War II, he was condemned as a war criminal by the Romanian People's Tribunals, however, United States authorities refused to extradite Wass to Romania claiming the lack of solid evidence.〔()〕 The works of Albert Wass first gained recognition within Hungarian literature from Transylvania in the 1940s. In 1944 he moved to Germany and later in 1952 to the United States, and lived there till his death. During the communist regime his books were banned both in Hungary and in Romania. Part of his works were published in Hungary after the change of political system in 1989, however, before this time, his works were unknown to Hungarian public. He is popular among the Hungarian minority in Romania〔()〕 and has a growing popularity in Hungary. In 2005 in a public assessment (''Nagy Könyv''), he was found to be one of the most popular Hungarian authors: his book "''A funtineli boszorkány''" (''The Witch of Funtinel'') was named the 12th most popular book; two more books were named in the top 50 ranking, including the family saga "''Kard és kasza''" (''Sword and Scythe''). == Family == The Wass family has traced its descent from the age of Árpád, and is one of the oldest noble families in Transylvania.〔(Archives of Wass family in Cege ) Copies from Antal Valentiny, in András W. Kovács, Az Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület kiadása, Cluj-Napoca, 2006〕 The family received the title of count from Maria Theresia in 1744.〔(Béla Várdy: Wass-kor )〕 His grandfather, Béla Wass, was a parliamentarian and Lord Lieutenant (főispán) of Szolnok-Doboka county.〔(Magyar Országgyűlési Alamanach on the parliamentary sessions of 1897-1901 )〕 His father was Count Endre Wass (1886–1975), his mother Baroness Ilona Bánffy of ''Losonc'' (now Lučenec, Slovakia) (1883–1960). He has six sons: Vid Wass de Czege, Csaba Wass de Czege, Huba Wass de Czege, Miklós Wass de Czege, Geza Wass de Czege and Endre (Andreas) Wass von Czege. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albert Wass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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