János Rózsás (6 August 1926 – 2 November 2012) was a Hungarian writer. Rózsás was born in

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. He was held captive in the

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between 1944 and 1953, and it was during this period of internment that he became friends with

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, the Nobel prize-winning Soviet writer. He wrote several books and articles on the issue of the

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. Zoltan Szalkai, the Hungarian filmmaker, made a film of János Rózsás and György Zoltán Bien, who were eyewitnesses of the gulag. Rózsás died on November 2, 2012, aged 86, in

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Published works

*''Keserű ifjúság'' (Bitter Youth) (München, 1986) *''Éltető reménység'' (Vital Trust) (München, 1987) *''Duszja nővér'' (Nurse Duszja) (Nagykanizsa, 1995) *''GULAG-lexikon'' (GULAG-encyclopedia) (Budapest, 2000) *''Leventesors'' (Fate of a young Hungarian military trainee during the Second World War) (Nagykanizsa, 2005)

References

1926 births 2012 deaths Foreign Gulag detainees Hungarian writers {{Hungary-writer-stub