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Paul Lendvai (born 1929 as Lendvai Pál) is a Hungarian-born journalist who became an Austrian citizen. He went to Austria in 1957, and is working as an author and journalist. == Biography == Lendvai was born on 24 August 1929 in Budapest to Jewish parents.〔http://de-de.facebook.com/pages/Paul-Lendvai-Lendvai-P%C3%A1l/126853874040756?sk=info〕 In the late 1940s early 1950s (also known as the Rákosi era) Lendvai worked as a journalist in Hungary starting from 1947. Lendvai wrote for ''Szabad Nép'' and was also chief of foreign reporting in the Hungarian news agency (MTI). Lendvai's books in the 1950s include "Tito the enemy of the Hungarian people" (1951) and "France at a crossroads" (1955), with 50,000 copies. As a former Social Democrat, he was judged as politically unreliable and was jailed for eight months during 1953 and banned from the media for three years. Lendvai was a member of the Communist Party, but he did not participate in the suppression of the Revolution of 1956. He left Hungary on assignment to report from Poland and in 1957 he went to Vienna, Austria. After arriving in Vienna, Lendvai soon started looking for work, at first limited by lack of sufficient language skills. While in this early period he helped foreign correspondents with matters relating to Hungary and wrote smaller articles under aliases such as "György Holló", "Árpád Bécs" or "Paul Landy". Lendvai soon overcame early difficulties and was naturalized in Austria in 1959, and became a journalist and commentator on Eastern Europe. He was the correspondent for Eastern Europe of the daily ''Die Presse'' and the ''Financial Times'' for twenty-two years. He also contributed to ''The Economist'' and wrote columns for Austrian, German and Swiss newspapers and radio stations. In 1982 Lendvai became editor-in-chief at the Eastern Europe department of the ORF public broadcasting company and intendant of Radio Österreich International in 1987. His weekly columns were published by ''Der Standard'' newspaper. In 1985 a Cultural Forum, dubbed the East-West summit, was organized by the Hungarian communist leadership to which 900 politicians, writers and other notable people were invited. At the same time a "counter cultural forum" was planned with the expected participation of "dissidents and opposition groups" György Konrád was one of the intended speakers. In 2010, a Hungarian pro-government newspaper accused Paul Lendvai of collaboration with the communist regime by having provided information about the counter-forum to the Hungarian authorities.〔(Ghosts of the communist past )〕 Socialist ex-prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány came to Paul Lendvai's defence, saying "As for me, I support him in his struggle to make a case for his decisions of yesteryear. ... And we've got to stop digging up the past." György Konrád one of the intended speakers of the opposition event, said "If this was how things were, then it is very sad" about Lendvai providing the information.〔(Lendvai Reloaded )〕 Lendvai rejected the accusations and said that the campaign against him was due to his criticism of the present government in his latest book. Former conservative MP Debreczeni, noted philosopher Sandor Radnoti, Austrian conservative leader Erhard Busek defended his integrity. János Nagy the ambassador, whom Lendvai talked to at the time, was interviewed about the matter on Klubrádió and insisted that his reports always faithfully rendered what was said.〔 An article printed in left-wing Népszabadság agrees with Lendvai's defense that he was not an agent, although it goes on to stress that he was nonetheless a willing and active collaborator to the Communist regime.〔 On 19 March 2011 Lendvai presented the Hungarian translation of his latest book ''Mein verspieltes Land'' ("My squandered country") in Budapest.〔(Megjelent magyarul Paul Lendvai új könyve )〕 In his memoir, Lendvai portrays a picture of ethnic hatred, political turbulence and antisemitism in 20th century Central Europe. Lendvai is editor in chief and co-publisher of ''Europäische Rundschau'', the Vienna based international quarterly. Austrian Federal President Heinz Fischer and former Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg held speeches at the 40th anniversary of the review on November 8, 2013.〔Europäische Rundschau 2013/4—〕 Lendvai was appointed on April 3, 2014, as chairman of the independent migration council for Austria by the minister of interior.〔Austrian News Agency APA April 4, 2014〕 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「Paul Lendvai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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