Béla Vihar (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈvihɒr]) (23 May 1908 – 24 November 1978), born Béla Weisz, was a Hungarian poet, journalist, writer and teacher.

His famous poem, "A Soldier walking in the snow" (Egy katona megy a hóban, translated by László Tehel) commemorates all the soldiers who lost their lives in war.

His parents were Samuel and Terez (nee Glucklich) Weisz, who would become Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

[1] His poems were published in English, Bulgarian, Czech, French, Hebrew, Croatian, German, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Spanish and Slovak languages.

We are two in love, lonely at the time of death[2] Media related to Béla Vihar at Wikimedia Commons