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József Debreczeni

ヨージェフ・デブレツェーニ

József Debreczeni

Aliases: ヨージェフ・ブルナー / József Bruner
Pen Names: József DebreczeniUsed as pen name

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1905-10-13 (Budapest)
Died
1978-04-26 (Belgrade) age 72
Nationality
Hungarian
Languages
Hungarian
Residence History
Budapest, Hungary → Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Career

Occupations
Author, poet, playwright, journalist, translator
Active Years
1925-1978

Awards

Híd Prize
1975
Work: Cold Crematorium
Organization: Híd
Result: 受賞
Sophie Brody Award
2025
Work: Cold Crematorium: Reporting From the Land of Auschwitz
Organization: American Library Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cold Crematorium: Reporting From the Land of Auschwitz

1950 memoir

A memoir recounting his experiences of forced labor and survival in Auschwitz and other concentration camps during the Holocaust.

Holocaustconcentration campssurvivalhumanity
Translations
  • English translation (2023)

Legacy

Hungarian writer and Holocaust survivor known for his memoir 'Cold Crematorium,' which gained renewed attention with its 2023 English publication.

Trivia

  • Dismissed from his newspaper editor position during World War II because he was Jewish.