Kelemen János

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2 November 1902, Zrenjanin - 10 October 1979, Sopron

Biography

He completed elementary school and seven grades of gymnasium in Nagybecskerek (Zrenjanin). From 1920, he was a contributor to Szabad Szó, Friss Újság, Ifjúság, Torontál, and Híradó. He participated in the theatrical and cultural magazine launched in 1926, and then in Képes Vasárnap, the first Hungarian illustrated magazine in Yugoslavia, published in Subotica in 1928 under the editorship of Zoltán Csuka. From 1932, he owned Híradó and the Pleitz printing house. In 1939, he moved to Novi Sad. In October 1940, he opened a bookstore called Globus. From 1941, he was the publisher of Reggeli Újság. In 1944, he moved to Hungary, living first in Pécs, then in Sopron. He was the editor of the Yugoslavian Hungarian Public Library and the Library of Little Hungarians.

Literature about the creator

János Kelemen: I Hold Your Hand
Author: B.
Vojvodina Hungarian Books. 1918–1941. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1988.