Tibor Tollas
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Tibor Tollas (Nagybarca
, Hungary
21 December 1920 - Munich
, Germany
19 July 1997) was a Hungarian poet, chief editor of the newspaper Nemzetőr.
had served under Lajos Kossuth; he followed this tradition, attending Military School in
Sopron and, later, the Ludovica Military Academy in Budapest. By 1941 he was serving as a
lieutenant in the Hungarian Army. He served as an officer during the Second World War, and
after it. In 1945 he was wounded in both hands. In 1947 he was arrested following
accusations not known to this author, tried and convicted by the People's Court, and jailed
for nine years. He served this sentence in Budapest, Vác and Tatabánya (in a "mile work
camp"), and was freed in 1956. In the Revolution of 1956 he served as a liaison officer.
After the suppression of the 1956 Revolution he left Hungary.
On 1 December 1956, with his former jail fellows, he founded the emigrant newspaper "Nemzetőr"
(Nation's guard), published in Munich. He was the chief editor of this newspaper for 40 years.
He was one of the few surviving emigres of 1956 when Soviet troops left Hungary in 1990-91,
and was able to return home permanently. He died on 19 July 1997 in Munich, Germany.
Nagybarca
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, 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...
21 December 1920 - Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
19 July 1997) was a Hungarian poet, chief editor of the newspaper Nemzetőr.
Life
He was born in Nagybarca, Hungary on 21 December 1920. In his ancestry were soldiers whohad served under Lajos Kossuth; he followed this tradition, attending Military School in
Sopron and, later, the Ludovica Military Academy in Budapest. By 1941 he was serving as a
lieutenant in the Hungarian Army. He served as an officer during the Second World War, and
after it. In 1945 he was wounded in both hands. In 1947 he was arrested following
accusations not known to this author, tried and convicted by the People's Court, and jailed
for nine years. He served this sentence in Budapest, Vác and Tatabánya (in a "mile work
camp"), and was freed in 1956. In the Revolution of 1956 he served as a liaison officer.
After the suppression of the 1956 Revolution he left Hungary.
On 1 December 1956, with his former jail fellows, he founded the emigrant newspaper "Nemzetőr"
(Nation's guard), published in Munich. He was the chief editor of this newspaper for 40 years.
He was one of the few surviving emigres of 1956 when Soviet troops left Hungary in 1990-91,
and was able to return home permanently. He died on 19 July 1997 in Munich, Germany.
His works
- Füveskert (Antology), ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, 1957. then BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, 1995. (In GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
: MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, 1957, In ItalianItalian languageItalian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
: FlorenceFlorenceFlorence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, 1958, In RussianRussian languageRussian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
: Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
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, 1959, In NorwegianNorwegian languageNorwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
, In DanishDanish languageDanish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
: OsloOsloOslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, 1959, In EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
: New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, 1966.) - …csak ennyi fény maradt. (Poems, 1945-1960), BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, 1960. - African Mission (with Tamás Kürthy), MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, 1963. - Gloria victis. Az 1956-os magyar szabadságharc költői visszhangja a nagyvilágban. (Poems collected by Tibor Tollas), MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, 1966. - Járdaszigeten (Poem), MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, 1967. - Eszterlánc (Poem), MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, 1969. - Gloria victis. Az 1956-os magyar szabadságharc költői visszhangja a nagyvilágban. (Poems collected by Tibor Tollas), MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, 1973. - Irgalmas fák. (Poem), MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, 1975. - Bányászok, (Poem), MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
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, 1976. - Évgyűrűk, (Poems, translations), MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, 1979. - Forgószélben. (Selected poems), MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, 1983, In EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
: ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, 1990. - Varázskör (Poem), MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, 1988. - Varázskör – Forgószélben, (Selected poems), 1989.
- Forgószélben – In Whirlwind, (Selected poems in English and Hungarian), ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, 1990. - Hazafelé. Negyven év válogatott versei (Ed. Sándor Agócs), LakitelekLakitelekLakitelek is a large village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 4613 people ....
, 1991. - Füveskert 1954-1995, (Edited with Rudolf Pfitzner, Kamil Kárpáti and Bálint Tóth), 1995.
- Bebádogoztak minden ablakot. (Multilingual minibook), LakitelekLakitelekLakitelek is a large village in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 4613 people ....
, 1995.
Further reading
- Medvigy Endre: Az emigrációban munkálkodó Kecskési Tollas Tibor küzdelme az 1956-os szabadságharc szellemének és a magyar kérdésnek ébrentartásáért. In: Magyar Örökség. Laudációk könyve: 1995-2000. BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Magyarországért Alapítvány, 2001. pp. 257–260. - Novák József: Tollas Tibor „Szememmel lássad az utat...!” In: Evangéliumi Hírnök – Az Észak-Amerikai Magyar Baptista Szövetség havilapja ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, September 1997. - Saáry Éva: Varázskör – Tollas Tibor emlékére. In: Kanadai Magyarság, TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, 2002. vol. 52. - Márai Sándor tíz levele. In: Vigilia, BudapestBudapestBudapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, January 2001. - Juhász László: Varázskörben. Egy barátság emlék-forgácsai. In: Új Horizont. 1998. 5-6. sz. p. 100-104.
- Lőcsei Gabriella: In memoriam Tollas Tibor. In: Magyar Nemzet. 30 August 1997. p. 18.
- Modor Ádám: In memoriam Kecskési Tollas Tibor (1920–1997). In: Napi Magyarország. 6 April 1998. p. 3.
- Modor Ádám: Kecskési Tollas Tibor emléke. In: Népszabadság. 3 April 1998. p. 13.
External links
- They’ve Walled up Every Window ... - One of his poems in English, translated by Watson KirkconnellWatson KirkconnellWatson Kirkconnell, was a Canadian scholar, university administrator and translator. He is well known in Iceland, Eastern and Central Europe and among Canadians of different origins for his translations of their national poetry, particularly the Hungarians, Ukrainians, Russians, Serbians,...