János Székely (writer)
János Székely (* July 7, 1901 in Budapest, † December 16, 1958 in East Berlin) was a Hungarian writer and screenwriter. He published some of his books under the pseudonym John Pen
Life
He fled after the First World War, 18 years before the Horthy regime from Hungary to Germany. In Berlin, he wrote numerous screenplays for silent movie stars like Brigitte Helm, Willy Fritsch, Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings. 1934 Ernst Lubitsch invited him to work in Hollywood one. 1938 emigrated Székely finally to the United States and became a sought- screenwriter for silent films and talkies. In 1940 he was awarded an Oscar for the original book to the film Arise, my Love.
In the McCarthy era, he left the United States, moved to Mexico in 1957 to East Berlin to work with the DEFA.
The best-known work is his autobiographical novel inspired Kisértés ( lure ). He appeared in the 1950s in many countries, was forgotten and later rediscovered in 2000. 2006 also appeared to be incurred in the English language in American exile novel The poor Swoboda in a German translation.
His daughter Kati Székely is an actress.
Novels
- Temptation. From the Hungarian by Szent- Ivanyi Ita. [ This, by the author translation was viewed by today's standards revised by Hanna Siehr ] München, btb, 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-73510-5
- The poor Swoboda. Translated from English by Leon Scholsky. Munich, btb, 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-73700-0