Galamb János (Glaug János)

Galamb János (Glaug János)

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publicist
24 August 1919, Zrenjanin - 20 March 1997, Subotica

Biography

Source of the photo: Üzenet. 1997/3–4.

Being a child of humble origins, he only attended elementary school, completing the first two grades of high school in evening classes in Novi Sad in the 1950s. He worked as a servant in a boarding school, as a brick and brewery worker, as a bricklayer, and for various entrepreneurs. Between 1943 and 1946, he was a day laborer at the local railway workshop, after which he began his journalistic career. He worked for Magyar Szó until 1951, for 7 Nap from 1951 to 1960, and for Radio Novi Sad from 1960 to 1982, where he served as a film critic. He was featured in the anthology Téglák, barázdák.

Literature about the creator

Hungarian Poets of Vojvodina
Hungarian Writers in Yugoslavia, János Galamb
In the Captivity of the Idyll. In. Utasi Csaba: After Ten Years. Essays, Critiques, Studies. Forum Könyvkiadó Intézet, Novi Sad. 1974.
Author: Utasi Csaba
In memoriam János Galamb (1919–1997)
Author: Dér Zoltán

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