Aladár Komját (born Aladár Korach; 11 February 1891, Kassa – 3 January 1937,

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) was a Hungarian poet and

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activist. Komját broke with Lajos Kassák and the circle of artists around '' MA'' in 1917 and participated in the founding of the Communist Party of Hungary in 1918. In 1919 he worked with Gyula Hevesi to launch the first Hungarian communist journal, ''Internationálé''. He joined Béla Uitz in editing'' Egység'', a journal they launched in 1922 while in exile in

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. In 1931 Komját was involved in debates amongst the

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literary

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allying himself with Karl Biro-Rosinger and Hans Marchwitza in advocating a more proletarian approach to writing which challenged the positions of

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Komjat, Aladar 1891 births 1937 deaths Hungarian communists 20th-century Hungarian poets Hungarian expatriates in France