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George Mikes (15 February 1912 – 30 August 1987) was a Hungarian-born British author best known for his humorous commentaries on various countries. == Life == George Mikes was born in 1912, in Siklos, Hungary. His father, Alfréd Mikes, was a successful lawyer, a profession in which he wanted George to follow. Mikes graduated in Budapest in 1933 and started work as a journalist on ("Morning"), a Budapest newspaper. For a short while he wrote a column called for ("Theatre Life"). In 1938 Mikes became the London correspondent for and ("8 O'Clock Paper"). He worked for until 1940. Having been sent to London to cover the Munich Crisis and expecting to stay for only a couple of weeks, he remained for the rest of his life. In 1946 he became a British citizen. Mikes wrote in both Hungarian and English: ''The Observer'', ''The Times Literary Supplement'', ''Encounter'', , , the Viennese Hungarian-language , and . From 1939 Mikes worked for the BBC Hungarian section making documentaries, at first as a freelance correspondent and, from 1950, as an employee. From 1975 until his death on 30 August 1987 he worked for the Hungarian section of Szabad Európa Rádió. He was president of the London branch of PEN, and a member of the Garrick Club. His friends included Arthur Koestler, J. B. Priestley and André Deutsch, who was also his publisher. He married twice, and had a son called Martin by his first marriage, and a daughter called Judith by his second. He died in London on 30 August 1987. On 15 September 1991 a memorial plaque was unveiled at his childhood home. 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「George Mikes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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