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Ferenc Talányi (born Ferenc Temlin, or ''Talanji'') (23 May 1883 – 9 July 1959) was a Slovene writer, journalist, and painter from
Prekmurje Prekmurje (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; ) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally, and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarians in Slovenia, Hungarian minority, lying betwee ...
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Biography

Ferenc Talányi was born in Brezovci, near Puconci in
Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
as the son of Mihály Temlin and Katarina Frankó. Both his parents were Lutheran peasants. He studied the catering trade in
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, and later in
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. In his youth Temlin changed his surname to ''Talányi.'' He worked as a restaurateur in the Slovene March (
Prekmurje Prekmurje (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; ) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally, and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarians in Slovenia, Hungarian minority, lying betwee ...
), in
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, and in
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, while also working as editor of the almanac ''Dober pajdás kalendárium.'' In 1919, Talányi supported the
Hungarian Soviet Republic The Hungarian Soviet Republic, also known as the Socialist Federative Soviet Republic of Hungary was a short-lived communist state that existed from 21 March 1919 to 1 August 1919 (133 days), succeeding the First Hungarian Republic. The Hungari ...
, was a member of the communist party and supported the worker's movement in Prekmurje. After the downfall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, he moved to the Štajerska region. He worked as an editor of several newspapers and distanced himself from the Magyarization policy; he even wrote ''Dober pajdás'' in Slovene. He was arrested in 1930, as the region was now under Yugoslav rule, and his communist past played against him. In 1941, after the Magyar occupation of Prekmurje he briefly wrote ''Dober pajdás'' in the Prekmurje dialect but then joined the communist partisans under the pseudonym ''Očka'' (Papa). He was captured in January 1945 and convicted for imprisonment in German prisons, but only served a few months. After
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he was a member of several political organizations in
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. In 1955, he published an article in ''Pomurski vestnik'' in which Talányi emphasized his communist past. He died in 1959 in
Murska Sobota Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; ;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. ) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Murska Sob ...
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See also

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List of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary This is a list of Slovene writers and poets in Hungary. A * Imre Augustich B * József Bagáry * Mária Bajzek Lukács * Mihály Bakos * István Ballér * Irén Barbér * Mihály Barla * Iván Bassa * József Bassa * Balázs Berke * ...


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Talanyi Franc-Očka (Slovenski biografski leksikon)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Talanyi, Ferenc 1883 births 1959 deaths People from the Municipality of Puconci Slovenian communists Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Slovenian male painters 20th-century Slovenian painters 20th-century Slovenian male artists