WRITER

Béla Illés

1895 - 1974

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Béla Illés (Born: Béla Lipner from Kassa, Austria-Hungary; now Košice, Slovakia), March 22, 1895 – Budapest, January 5, 1974) was a Hungarian left-wing and Communist writer and journalist of Jewish descent, who spent over 20 years of his life in exile in the Soviet Union. In 1945 he returned to Hungary in Soviet uniform as a major in the Red Army. In now Communist Hungary, he was not particularly appreciated by the Minister of Culture, József Révai, nor by György Lukács. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Béla Illés has received more than 33,454 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Béla Illés is the 5,102nd most popular writer (down from 4,703rd in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 162nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular Slovak Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

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  • 2.56

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Béla Illés ranks 5,102 out of 7,302Before him are Andreas Kalvos, Einar Már Guðmundsson, Abdul Muis, John O'Hara, François Weyergans, and Maria Aurèlia Capmany. After him are Nino Martoglio, George Borrow, Alexander Kazantsev, Heinrich Zschokke, Kjartan Fløgstad, and Kiki Dimoula.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Béla Illés ranks 232Before him are José Bergamín, Alfredo Zibechi, Doris Humphrey, H. A. R. Gibb, Bert Lahr, and Joseph Banks Rhine. After him are Aileen Pringle, Shemp Howard, Jan Burgers, Greta Johansson, Juan Artola, and Vilho Tuulos. Among people deceased in 1974, Béla Illés ranks 191Before him are Gunnar Olsson, Knudåge Riisager, Sverre Hansen, Erskine Hamilton Childers, Gösta Lilliehöök, and Matilde Hidalgo. After him are Ferruccio Novo, Jimmy Hogan, Spyridon Marinatos, Bobby Timmons, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, and Frank Hussey.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Béla Illés ranks 192 out of 418Before him are Vladimir Oravsky (1947), Stanislav Seman (1952), Martin Benka (1888), Jozef Murgaš (1864), Ferenc Sidó (1923), and Jozef Chovanec (1960). After him are Ľuboš Micheľ (1968), Margita Figuli (1909), Ján Kubiš (1952), Eduard Kukan (1939), Milan Škriniar (1995), and Janko Jesenský (1874).

Among WRITERS In Slovakia

Among writers born in Slovakia, Béla Illés ranks 19Before him are Janko Kráľ (1822), Andrej Sládkovič (1820), Samo Chalupka (1812), Martin Kukučín (1860), Ján Hollý (1785), and Vladimir Oravsky (1947). After him are Margita Figuli (1909), Milan Rúfus (1928), Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová (1855), Timrava (1867), Peter Pišťanek (1960), and Radoslav Rochallyi (1980).