József Nyírő

József Nyírő (July 18, 1889 – October 16, 1953)[1] was a Hungarian writer of popular short stories and novels;[2] a politician associated with fascism who was accused of war crimes;[3] and briefly a Catholic priest in Miluani.

[2] The protagonist of his novel Uz Bence is the archetypal Székely man: physically strong, humorous, and shrewd, with instincts that allow him to survive in almost any situation.

[2] Nyírő's style was informed by expressionism and his stories show people in close harmony with nature, which he believed to be the true source of human happiness.

The ceremony was attended by the leadership of the Jobbik party, Hungary's State Secretary for Culture, Géza Szőcs, and the Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, László Kövér.

[2] Kövér in his answer letter to Wiesel stated that the American, British, and Soviet generals from the Allied Control Commission determined in 1945 and 1947, when they refused to extradite the exiled writer two times at the request of the contemporary Hungarian Communist Minister of the Interior, that Nyirő was not a war criminal, nor fascist or anti-Semitic.

[8] Kövér cited a Hungarian Jewish scientific review (the Libanon) and the newspaper stated that Nazi ideals or anti-Semitism can not be found in Nyírő's literary works.

[8] Nyírő, the Transylvanian-born Hungarian writer, deserves respect not because of his – although insignificant, but certainly tragically misguided – political activities but his literary works according to Kövér.