Zsófia Józsefné Szalatnyay Dénes (14 January 1885 – 22 January 1987) was a Hungarian writer.

Biography

She was born in

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. During the 1910s, Dénes was

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correspondent for the Hungarian magazines ''

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'' and ''Világ''; she reported on the premieres of ballets composed by

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and performed by

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. She moved to

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in 1919 after the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic. Dénes worked for a Hungarian language newspaper there until 1925. She then returned to Budapest, where she worked as a journalist and also lobbied for women's rights and for

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. She was briefly engaged to the Hungarian poet

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and published a memoir on his life ''Élet helyett órák'' (Hours instead of life) in 1935. In 1957, she published ''Akkor a hársak épp szerettek'' (At that time the linden trees were loving) which also dealt with their relationship. In 1976, she established the Ady Prize in his honour. Dénes wrote the first Hungarian biography of

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. She knew prominent figures of her time such as

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and poet

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. In 1985, she published ''Ami a százból kimaradt'' (What has been left out from a hundred). At the time, she was considered the oldest author in Hungary. She died in Budapest at the age of 102.

Selected works

* '' Zrínyi Ilona'', historical novel (1959) * ''Gyalog a baloldalon'' (Pedestrian on the left bank) (1965) * ''Párizsi körhinta'' (Paris merry-go-round), memoirs (1966) * ''Szivárvány'' (Rainbow), memoirs (1970)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Denes, Zsofia 1885 births 1987 deaths Hungarian women's rights activists Hungarian women journalists Hungarian pacifists Writers from Budapest 20th-century Hungarian women writers 20th-century Hungarian journalists