Eduard Kabos

Eduard Kabos (1910)

Eduard Kabos (, 2 December 1864 – 1923) was a Hungarian journalist, dramatist and writer.^[1]^[2]

He entered the University of Budapest for the purpose of studying modern philology, intending to become a teacher, but adopted journalism instead. He at first accepted a position on the Egyetértés, but his abilities soon secured for him the position of parliamentary reporter and writer of feuilletons for the Pesti Napló. In 1897 he became contributor to the , and in 1898 editor of the parliamentary column of the . In 1902 he was elected a member of the most prominent Hungarian literary society, , in recognition of the services which he had rendered to Hungarian literature.

Kabos' works include: Elzüllöttek (1885), stories; Vásáo (1887), a novel; A Kupéhau (1888), a farce; Evo (1889), a drama; Harakiri (1889), stories; Tantalusz (1891), a drama; Koldusok (1893), stories; Fehév Eprakák (1893), a novel; A Holló (1895), a comedy; Mab Királyno (1895), a comedy; Por (1895), stories; Vándorok (1897), stories; A Cseugeri Kalapok (1898), stories; A Verebek (1900), a novel.

Kabos died in 1923.^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ Handbuch österreichischer Autorinnen und Autoren jüdischer ... Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe - 2002 -- Page 617 "Kabos, Eduard * 2.12.1864 Nagy-Károly/Ungarn. Stud. neuere Philol. an d. Univ. Budapest; zunächst als Lehrer, dann als Journ. tätig; Mitarb. d. "Egyetér- tés " u. Feuilletonred. d. "Pesti Naplo"; trat 1897 in d. Red. d. "Orszagos Hirlap" ein ..."
^ Ungarische Revue 1892 - Volume 12 - Page 304 "(Tantalus, Schauspiel in vier Aufzügen von Eduard Kabos.) Budapest, 1892.
^ Weinfeld, Eduardo. 1950. Enciclopedia judacia castellana, el pueblo judío en el pasado y el presente. Mexico City: Editorial Enciclopedia Judaica Castellana, p. 150.
^ Hegedüs, Géza. 1980. Arcképvázlatok: Száz magyar író. Budapest: Móra.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Kabos, Eduard". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.