Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Sándor Barta

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[[File:Barta Sándor.jpg|right|thumb|Sándor Barta in Vienna, 1922]]
'''Sándor Barta''' (7 October 1897, [[Budapest]] – 3 June, 1938, ) was a [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] poet active in various [[avant-garde]] movements. After emigrating to the [[Soviet Union]], he wad arrested by the Soviet authorities and shot in 1938.

==Early life==
His schooling stopped at secondary school and he went to work in his father's workshop. However he suffered from [[tuberculosis]] as a teenager. Then he got a job as a bookshop assistant and became involved with the [[Galileo Circle]].<ref name="HEL"></ref>

==In Vienna==
Barta launched the journal ''Akasztott Ember'' ("Hanged Man") in November 1922. In 1923 it was renamed ''Ék'' ("Wedge").<ref name="Cardullo">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> He explained the title thus: "As people, we now feel ourselves to be hanged. And if someone doesn't feel hanged, he belongs among those who hang and kick us".<ref name="AG to PA">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

==References==


[[Category:1897 births]]
[[Category:1938 deaths]]


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