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Jenő Rejtő

1905 - 1943

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Jenő Rejtő (29 March 1905 - 1 January 1943) was a Hungarian interwar journalist, pulp fiction writer and playwright, famous in Hungary for his books and novellas - adventure and detective novels and parodies of these genres, characterized by a unique sense of absurd humour. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jenő Rejtő is the 4,768th most popular writer (up from 4,851st in 2019), the 558th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 527th in 2019) and the 55th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jenő Rejtő ranks 4,768 out of 7,302. Before him are Quentin Crisp, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu, Pencho Slaveykov, Yuri Vizbor, and Henri Alleg. After him are Larry Collins, Michael Cristofer, Hallgrímur Helgason, Stefano Benni, Graciliano Ramos, and Peider Lansel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Jenő Rejtő ranks 268. Before him are Albert W. Tucker, Leila Hyams, László Papp, Stanisław Mazur, Kay Francis, and Ashley Montagu. After him are Philip Ahn, René Bondoux, Mario de las Casas, Baltasar Albéniz, Boris Ponomarev, and Erzsébet Schaár. Among people deceased in 1943, Jenő Rejtő ranks 181. Before him are Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, Seigō Nakano, Milutin Ivković, Helene Stöcker, Eugeniusz Bodo, and Dudley Pound. After him are Peider Lansel, Otto Modersohn, Willoughby Hamilton, András Székely, Georg Gehring, and W. W. Jacobs.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Jenő Rejtő ranks 558 out of 1,077. Before him are Tibor Tatai (1944), László Kovács (1939), György Bródy (1908), István Géczi (1944), István Szondy (1925), and János Parti (1932). After him are József Rády (1884), Tom Lantos (1928), Peter Carl Goldmark (1906), László Kiss (1956), Sándor Pósta (1888), and Tibor Berczelly (1912).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Jenő Rejtő ranks 55. Before him are Yuriy Venelin (1802), Gyula Illyés (1902), Sándor Weöres (1913), Joe Eszterhas (1944), Ferenc Karinthy (1921), and József Katona (1791). After him are Bertalan Szemere (1812), Károly Kisfaludy (1788), Júlia Szendrey (1828), István Fekete (1900), György Faludy (1910), and Mihály Csokonai (1773).

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