Endre Fülei-Szántó
He graduated in philosophy and psychology and he received a degree in French as a linguist he studied economics for two semesters.
[1] From 1944 to 1945, he was a member of the resistance, doing increasingly desperate political work within the youth group of the Smallholders' Party.
He offered him either to apply for admission to the secret service and become an external collaborator, or, as he spent too much time at the French Institute, to be arrested as a spy.
His Spanish teachers in prison were Pál Ignotus, József Hatvany, László Mátyás and Béla Szász.
He taught German, Spanish, French and English at the Language Institute of the Budapest University of Economics and Business.
The product of these experiences was his five-volume book: Hungarian Language for Foreigners (Volumes I-V, TIT, Budapest, 1972).
He and his colleagues taught Hungarian to Finns, Russians, Koreans, Venezuelans, English, Germans and people from twenty other countries from all over the world.
He taught at the Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Philology, University of Bucharest, as a visiting lecturer under an interstate agreement.
He wrote a wonderful book about Ceausescu, entitled Fortress in Captivity, a great blend of stylistic elegance and precise observations.
