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Jenő Rejtő
Jenő Rejtő (born Jenő Reich 1905, died 1943; pseudonyms: P. Howard, Gibson Lavery) was a Hungarian journalist, pulp fiction writer and playwright who died as a forced labourer during World War II. He was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on March 29, 1905, and died in Evdakovo, Voronezh Oblast, Soviet Union (then under Axis occupation) on January 1, 1943.〔János Bús, Péter Szabó: Béke Poraikra. (They Rest in Peace ); p. 658. Varietas ’93 Kft, Budapest, 1999. ISBN 963-03-8934-7〕 Despite the "pulp" nature of his writings, he is not only widely read in Hungary, but is also much appreciated by literary critics. It is a prevalent opinion that he lifted the genre to the level of serious art, and his works will long outlive him.〔(Hegedűs Géza: Rejtő Jenő )〕
==Biography==
Jenő Rejtő completed his studies in a drama school in 1924, after which he travelled extensively throughout Europe.〔"Pen name: P. Howard. Jenő Rejtő died 70 years ago". Hungarian Literature Online. January 1, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013.〕 Returning to Hungary, he made his living as a playwright, often with great success, such as with his operetta, Aki mer, az nyer (Who Dares Wins, 1934).
Later, he started to write adventure novels based on his trips and experiences abroad.〔"Pen name: P. Howard. Jenő Rejtő died 70 years ago". Hungarian Literature Online. January 1, 2013. Retrieved January 2, 2013.〕 His novels were raised above mediocrity by his inimitable and bizarre sense of humour. His novels parodying the French Foreign Legion, written under the pseudonym P. Howard, reaped the greatest success. He also wrote a large number of cabaret farces and edited a newspaper, Nagykörút, which, however, was published just once. His most appreciated novels are stories unifying elements from detective novels and romance, always including a unique sense of humour. He also wrote novels in the tradition of American Westerns.
Starting in 1939, he could not publish his novels any more under his own name because of his Jewish origins. On October 9, 1942, an article in the Nazi Arrow Cross Party’s newspaper (Egyedül Vagyunk (Are Alone )) exposed Rejtő as a Jew and reported that he was seen writing calmly in Budapest cafés while evading the labour service draft that was compulsory for Jewish men of military age (they were forbidden to perform arm-bearing service in the military).〔Tibor Hámori: Piszkos Fred és a többiek... Történetek Rejtő Jenő életéből. (Fred and the rest of the bunch... Stories from the life of Jenő Rejtő ) Ságvári Endre Könyvszerkesztőség, Budapest, 1982. ISBN 9634225020.〕 He was seriously ill by this time but was taken by force from hospital to do his labour service on the eastern front, into the Soviet Union, where he shortly died of typhus.〔〔
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