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Béla Illés

1895 - 1974

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Béla Illés (Born: Béla Lipner from Kassa, Austria-Hungary; now Košice, Slovakia), March 22, 1895 – Budapest, January 5, 1974) was a Hungarian left-wing and Communist writer and journalist of Jewish descent, who spent over 20 years of his life in exile in the Soviet Union. In 1945 he returned to Hungary in Soviet uniform as a major in the Red Army. In now Communist Hungary, he was not particularly appreciated by the Minister of Culture, József Révai, nor by György Lukács. However, he was used as a writer of articles intended for the masses glorifying the communist system and the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Béla Illés is the 4,804th most popular writer (up from 5,101st in 2019), the 183rd most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 192nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Slovak Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Béla Illés ranks 4,804 out of 7,302. Before him are Georgi Gospodinov, Mikhail Kheraskov, Rosa Chacel, Sevasti Qiriazi, Max Beerbohm, and Maria Aurèlia Capmany. After him are Rube Goldberg, David E. Kelley, Ricardo Palma, Klabund, Muriel Barbery, and Anna Enquist.

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Among people born in 1895, Béla Illés ranks 227. Before him are Henry Gunther, Luigi Cevenini, Jan Burgers, Andreo Cseh, Ben Sharpsteen, and Ion Barbu. After him are André Gaboriaud, Jack Northrop, Ali Mansur, Olga Spessivtseva, Ernie Collett, and Norman Ross. Among people deceased in 1974, Béla Illés ranks 181. Before him are Mikhail Tikhonravov, Alexander P. de Seversky, Mirdza Ķempe, Pedro Benítez, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, and Konrad Frey. After him are Edward Condon, Ali Mansur, Arthur Crudup, Marieluise Fleißer, Kostas Varnalis, and Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Béla Illés ranks 183 out of 418. Before him are Jozef Štibrányi (1940), Lukáš Hrádecký (1989), Ján Cikker (1911), Jozef Murgaš (1864), Jozef Čapkovič (1948), and Karol Jokl (1945). After him are Ladislav Pavlovič (1926), Ludwig Schlesinger (1864), Martin Kukučín (1860), János Scitovszky (1785), Ján Hollý (1785), and Ľubomír Moravčík (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Slovakia

Among writers born in Slovakia, Béla Illés ranks 18. Before him are Samo Chalupka (1812), Andrej Sládkovič (1820), Margita Figuli (1909), Vladimir Oravsky (1947), Lajos Kassák (1887), and Janko Kráľ (1822). After him are Martin Kukučín (1860), Ján Hollý (1785), Milan Rúfus (1928), Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (1855), Timrava (1867), and Peter Pišťanek (1960).

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