Jenő Rejtő (29 March 1905 - 1 January 1943) was a Hungarian journalist, pulp fiction writer and playwright.

Jenő Rejtő was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on 29 March 1905, to Áron Reich Lipót and Wolf Ilona.

[2] After returning from his travelling, he made his living as a playwright in Hungary, most notably with his operetta, Aki mer, az nyer (Who Dares Wins, 1934).

[4][5] On 9 October 1942, an article in the Nazi Arrow Cross Party's newspaper (Egyedül Vagyunk [We Are Alone]) exposed Rejtő as a Jew and reported that he was seen writing calmly in Budapest cafés while evading the labour service draft that was compulsory for Jewish men of military age (they were forbidden to perform arm-bearing service in the military).

[7][8] In the early years of communism his works were only available on the black market as pre-war editions, but from the 1960s on, his novels were republished, and they gained instant popularity in Hungary (then still under communist rule).