Dezső Szomory | |
Birth Name: | Moshe Weisz |
Birth Date: | 2 June 1869 |
Birth Place: | Pest, Hungary, Austria-Hungary |
Death Place: | Budapest, Hungary |
Nationality: | Hungarian |
Movement: | Art Nouveau, naturalism, romanticism |
Notableworks: | Hermelin The Paris Story |
Dezső Szomory (born Moshe Weisz; 2 June 1869 – 30 November 1944) was a Hungarian Jewish writer and dramatist.
In his history plays and other works, he developed a unique tone and style of Budapest Hungarian; his work has been compared to that of Marcel Proust. He died during the Holocaust while living under Swedish protection in Budapest, suffering "starvation, loneliness, and depression".