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Tibor Méray (6 April 1924 – 12 November 2020) was a Hungarian journalist and writer, worked for various newspapers (''Szabad Nép'', ''Csillag'') during the Communist regime. He was a war correspondent for ''Szabad Nép'' (official daily of the ruling communist
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and predecessor of the ''
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'') during the
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. As a supporter of the politics of
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, he fled the country after the abortive uprising of 1956 and became a staunch anti-Communist, living in
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,
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. After working for several journals, he was editor-in-chief of the ''Irodalmi Újság'', an important emigrant Hungarian-language weekly in Paris, from 1971 to 1989. He co-wrote the 1969 comedy spy novel ''
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'', which was later adapted into a 1971 film ''
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'' starring
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. Tibor Méray died on 12 November 2020 in Paris.Méray Tibor emlékére
(2020. november 13.) Népszava (hozzáférés: 2020. november 13.)


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Biography of Tibor Méray
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meray, Tibor 1924 births 2020 deaths Hungarian journalists Hungarian male writers Writers from Budapest Hungarian defectors Attila József Prize recipients Hungarian expatriates in France War correspondents of the Korean War Hungarian anti-communists