Somfai János (Stromfeld János)

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10 June 1871, Budapest - 14 July 1941, Zrenjanin

Biography

He published his first works as a journalist in Pest. In 1902, he moved to Nagybecskerek. Between 1902 and 1917, he was assistant editor at Torontál, then editor-in-chief of the newspaper. During World War I, he was imprisoned in a military penal camp due to his socialist ideas. After the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, he was sent to an internment camp, but managed to escape to Vienna. In 1921, he returned to Nagybecskerek and opened a newspaper stand. In 1922, he founded the literary journal Fáklya. His farce (A szekrény titkai, 1903) was performed in Nagybecskerek. The occupying German forces interned him in 1941. He is featured in the Vajdasági magyar írók almanachja (1924) and the 1929 Almanach of Bácsmegyei Napló.

Literature about the creator

The Secrets of the Wardrobe. In. Nagybecskerek Journal. November 4, 1902.
Author: Fülep Lajos
Autumn Leaves Around the Graveposts. In. Mihály Majtényi: In Our Own Footsteps. Memoirs, Author Portraits. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 1961.
Contributions to Somfai's Banat Years
The History of Hungarian Literature in Yugoslavia. Forum Publishing Institute, Novi Sad, 2007.
Author: Bori Imre
Somfai János, az elfeledett „forradalmár” (életútvázlat)