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Étienne Hajdú (born ''István Hajdú''; 12 August 1907 – 24 March 1996) was a Hungarian-born French
Étienne Hajdú (born ''István Hajdú''; 12 August 1907 – 24 March 1996) was a Hungarian-born French sculptor
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of Jewish descent. After emigration to Paris in the 1930s, he became part of the Hungarian circle of artists and writers. He fought in the French Resistance
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during World War II
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Early life and education
Istvan Hadju was born in 1907 to a Jewish family in Torda, Torda-Aranyos County,Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the ...
, Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephe ...
(now Turda
Turda (; hu, Torda, ; german: link=no, Thorenburg; la, Potaissa) is a city in Cluj County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in the southeastern part of the county, from the county seat, Cluj-Napoca, to which it is connected by the Europe ...
, Cluj County
Cluj County (; german: Kreis Klausenburg, hu, Kolozs megye) is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania. Its seat ( ro, Oraș reședință de județ) is Cluj-Napoca (german: Klausenburg).
Name
In Hungarian, it is known as ''Kolozs megye' ...
, Romania
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).
Career
He emigrated to Paris in the 1930s and became part of the Hungarian artistic circle there.World War II
After theFall of France
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, Hajdu became active in the Résistance movement. Numerous Jewish Hungarians, most of them artists and writers, were part of the Résistance. Many carried out their actions outside Paris, as foreigners had been formally evacuated with the outbreak of war in September 1939.
Death
Hajdú died inBagneux, Hauts-de-Seine
Bagneux () is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.
Geography
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External links
* http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2001/04/18/28419.html * http://www.artportal.hu/international/espanol?tartalom=484 (Spanish) * 1907 births 1996 deaths People from Turda Hungarian Jews French people of Hungarian-Jewish descent Hungarian sculptors 20th-century French sculptors French male sculptors Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres {{France-sculptor-stub