Ferenc Mező, also known as Grünfeld (March 13, 1885 – November 21, 1961), was a
Hungarian poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...
. He was born in
Pölöskefő,
Zala County
Zala ( hu, Zala megye, ; ; ) is an administrative county ( comitatus or ''megye'') in south-western Hungary. It is named after the Zala River. It shares borders with Croatia ( Koprivnica–Križevci and Međimurje Counties) and Slovenia ( Lend ...
, and died in
Budapest
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. In 1928, he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "History of the Olympic Games".
References
Further reading
* Reményi Gyenes István: ''Ismerjük őket? Zsidó származású nevezetes magyarok'' (Ex Libris Kiadó, Budapest, 2000)
External links
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000-1990: Mező Ferenc, Grünfeld
Életrajza a MOB honlapján
1885 births
1961 deaths
20th-century Hungarian poets
Hungarian male poets
Olympic gold medalists in art competitions
Art competitors at the 1928 Summer Olympics
International Olympic Committee members
Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
20th-century Hungarian male writers
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