Faludy, Gyorgy

Faludy, Gyorgy
▪ 2007
George Faludy 
      Hungarian-born poet and journalist (b. Sept. 22, 1910, Budapest, Hung.—d. Sept. 1, 2006, Budapest), was best known for Villon balladái (1937), his lyrical reinterpretations of the verse of 15th-century French balladeer François Villon, and for his autobiographical novel My Happy Days in Hell (1962), which detailed his imprisonment (1950–53) in a labour camp as a suspected American agent. Faludy opposed both the Nazi and communist regimes in Hungary and was twice driven into exile: in 1938–46 and again after the unsuccessful anti-Soviet revolution of 1956. He traveled extensively, served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and eventually settled in Toronto in 1967. Faludy became a Canadian citizen in 1976, but in 1989 he permanently returned to Budapest. In 1994 he received the Kossuth Prize, Hungary's highest literary award. George Faludy Park was dedicated in Toronto shortly after his death.

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