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Lajos Zilahy
1891 – 1974
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryLajos Zilahy was a Hungarian novelist and playwright. Born in Nagyszalonta, Austria-Hungary, he studied law at the University of Budapest before serving in the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War, in which he was wounded on the Eastern Front – an experience which later informed his bestselling novel Two Prisoners.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
March 27, 1891
Salonta
Date of death
December 1, 1974
Novi Sad
Citizenship
Hungary · United States
Occupations & fields
writerjournalistnovelistplaywrightopinion journalisttranslator
- Field and occupation
- maďarský spisovatel
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