Gyula "Julius" Háy; 5 May 1900 â€" 7 May 1975) was a Hungarian
communist intellectual and playwright. He wrote under the pen name
Stefan Faber.Háy was born in 1900 in Abony, Austria-Hungary to a
Jewish family. He was involved in the German communist movement in the
1920s, particularly in agitprop plays. During World War II, he lived
for a time in Moscow's Hotel Lux, along with scores of other Communist
exiles.[1]In the 1950s he was a dissident in the Hungarian Writers'
Union, and advocated for workers' councils in the months leading up to
the Hungarian revolution of 1956. During the revolution, he played a
significant role in the Hungarian Writers' Union, as a revolutionary
body. He was involved in the workers council movement, and wrote the
radio appeal to the intellectuals of the world which was broadcast as
the Parliament building fell to Soviet troops.[citation needed]Háy
was arrested and sentenced to 6 years in prison in November 1957.
After three and a half years in prison, he was released and a few
years later in 1965, left Hungary for Switzerland with his wife Éva
where he continued to write plays in the west as an emigré.[citation
needed]
communist intellectual and playwright. He wrote under the pen name
Stefan Faber.Háy was born in 1900 in Abony, Austria-Hungary to a
Jewish family. He was involved in the German communist movement in the
1920s, particularly in agitprop plays. During World War II, he lived
for a time in Moscow's Hotel Lux, along with scores of other Communist
exiles.[1]In the 1950s he was a dissident in the Hungarian Writers'
Union, and advocated for workers' councils in the months leading up to
the Hungarian revolution of 1956. During the revolution, he played a
significant role in the Hungarian Writers' Union, as a revolutionary
body. He was involved in the workers council movement, and wrote the
radio appeal to the intellectuals of the world which was broadcast as
the Parliament building fell to Soviet troops.[citation needed]Háy
was arrested and sentenced to 6 years in prison in November 1957.
After three and a half years in prison, he was released and a few
years later in 1965, left Hungary for Switzerland with his wife Éva
where he continued to write plays in the west as an emigré.[citation
needed]
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