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Hungarian writer and editor
Ernő Osvát
Ernő Osvát portrayed by József Rippl-RónaiErnő Osvát portrayed by József Rippl-Rónai
Born(1877-04-07)7 April 1877
Died28 October 1929(1929-10-28) (aged 52)

Ernő Osvát (7 April 1877 – 28 October 1929) was a Hungarian writer and editor.

His first article was published 1897 in the a Hungarian newspaper called Esti Újság. He became the editor of the Magyar Géniusz in 1902, transforming it from a nationalist publication to the home of modern literature in Hungary. He founded Figyelő in 1905, and three years later was founding editor of Nyugat, the most important Hungarian literary magazine of the early 20th century.

He committed suicide in 1929.

References

  1. Tezla, Albert (1970). Hungarian Authors; a Bibliographical Handbook. Harvard University Press. pp. 720–. ISBN 978-0-674-42650-4.
  2. Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred, eds. (2007). "Osvát, Ernö". Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
  3. Patai, Raphael (1 July 2015). The Jews of Hungary: History, Culture, Psychology. Wayne State University Press. pp. 420–. ISBN 978-0-8143-4192-6.


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