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 Hungarian Working People's Party and predecessor of the '' Népszabadság'') during the

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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 '' Catch Me a Spy'', which was later adapted into a 1971 film ''

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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 male journalists Writers from Budapest Hungarian defectors Attila József Prize recipients Hungarian expatriates in France War correspondents of the Korean War Hungarian anti-communists