About Erzsi Újvári
Lived 1899 – 1940 (aged 41). Erzsi Újvári was a Hungarian journalist, poet and writer.
Erzsi Újvári (born Erzsébet Kassák) (14 July 1899, Érsekújvár-11 August 1940, Moscow) was a Hungarian poet.
Her parents were Istvan Kassák and Erzsébet Istenes, and Lajos Kassák was her brother. In 1912 she moved to Budapest and got work in a textiles factory. Influenced by her brother she became involved in literature, and joined him in founding the avant-garde journals A Tett (1915–16) and MA.
Along with many other avant-garde writers, she left Hungary after the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic.
Published works Prózák (Prose) Vienna:MA 1921, illustrated by George Grosz Csikorognak a kövek (The Stones Roar) Budapest: Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó, 1986
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Who was Erzsi Újvári?
Hungarian poet (1899–1940)
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Erzsi Újvári was born on 14 July 1899 in Nové Zámky.
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Erzsi Újvári died on 11 August 1940 in Moscow.
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Erzsi Újvári was a journalist, poet and writer.
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Erzsi Újvári was Hungarian.
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