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István Reményi Gyenes

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István Reményi Gyenes · Arts & Literature

What

Musician

When

1909, Kaposvár, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary) — 2001, Budapest, Hungary

Where

Hungary

Biography

István Reményi Gyenes is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Musician

How & why

Reményi Gyenes was a Hungarian musician, poet, writer and translator of Jewish origin who for years worked as a professional violinist and saxophonist while also writing. He translated major French poets — Aragon, Prévert, Sartre — as well as Gershwin song lyrics into Hungarian, and after 1945 worked as a journalist. He is listed among Jewish Hungarian musicians and writers.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music