Adalbert Vitalyos
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Adalbert Vitalyos was a French journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

 born in Hungary. He was the creator of the philatelic
Philately
Philately is the study of stamps and postal history and other related items. Philately involves more than just stamp collecting, which does not necessarily involve the study of stamps. It is possible to be a philatelist without owning any stamps...

 magazine Le Monde des philatélistes
Timbres magazine
Timbres magazine is a French monthly magazine about philately and stamp collecting. It was founded in 2000 by the fusion of three previous publications : Le Monde des philatélistes from Groupe Le Monde, Timbroscopie and Timbroloisirs from the philatelic editor Timbropresse.In the 2000s, it is one...

. He was born 10 July 1914 in Szolnok
Szolnok
Szolnok is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. Its location on the banks of the Tisza river, at the heart of the Great Hungarian Plain, has made it an important cultural and economic crossroads for centuries....

, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

, and died 24 May 2000.

Arriving in France in 1929, he became French in 1932. In 1935, He became typographer/linotypist at the journal Le Temps
Le Temps
Founded in 1998, Le Temps is a Swiss newspaper edited in French. Le Temps consists of a daily newspaper , several supplements , thematic special editions, a performing website and digital applications.Le Temps is the...

.

Prisoner of war from 20 June 1940 to 1943, he returned to work in a printer of Temps, later working for Le Monde
Le Monde
Le Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...

. He took part in the printing of the first issue, dated 19 December 1944.

In 1946, this stamp collector launched a weekly section in the magazine supplement of Une semaine dans le monde. With the disappearance of this supplement in 1948, this was, until 1986 integrated into Le Monde.

With the help of Hubert Beuve-Méry
Hubert Beuve-Méry
Hubert Beuve-Méry founded Le Monde in 1944 at the behest of Charles de Gaulle. Following the liberation of France Beuve-Méry built Le Monde from the ruins of Le Temps using its offices, printing presses, masthead and those staff members who had not collaborated with the Germans.He retired his...

, he created Le Monde des philatélistes
Timbres magazine
Timbres magazine is a French monthly magazine about philately and stamp collecting. It was founded in 2000 by the fusion of three previous publications : Le Monde des philatélistes from Groupe Le Monde, Timbroscopie and Timbroloisirs from the philatelic editor Timbropresse.In the 2000s, it is one...

, a stamp collecting magazine, first issued 13 October 1951. He was editor in chief from October 1953 until June 1977.

He was heavily involved in a philatelic press association, which joined another association in 1994 to form the Association de la presse philatélique francophone.
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