Egri, Lajos, 1888-1967

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Egri Lajos (1888-1967) was born in Eger, Hungary and came to the United States in 1908. He was a playwright for the Hungarian radical theater in New York City at the end of World War II, founder in the mid-1930s of the Egri school of writing, and author of The Art of Creative Writing and other works on writing. Many of Egri's plays were printed in Elöre, the magazine of the Hungarian Federation of the Socialist Party, and were performed by small theater groups affiliated with the Hungarian section of the Communist Party and a Hungarian workingmen's association in New York City. Egri joined the Elöre Group of Players, an amateur theatrical group, during World War I, and later became one of its directors. He also worked as a journalist, edited an illustrated Hungarian weekly published in New York City, edited plays for the Columbia Broadcasting System, and wrote television scripts.

From the description of Papers, 1917-1967. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62730955

Egri Lajos (1888-1967) was born in Eger, Hungary and came to the United States in 1908. He was a playwright for the Hungarian radical theater in New York City at the end of World War II, founder in the mid-1930s of the Egri school of writing, and author of The Art of Creative Writing and other works on writing. Many of Egri's plays were printed in Elöre, the magazine of the Hungarian Federation of the Socialist Party, and were performed by small theater groups affiliated with the Hungarian section of the Communist Party and a Hungarian workingmen's association in New York City. Egri joined the Elöre Group of Players, an amateur theatrical group, during World War I, and later became one of its directors. He also worked as a journalist, edited an illustrated Hungarian weekly published in New York City, edited plays for the Columbia Broadcasting System, and wrote television scripts.

From the guide to the Egri Lajos Papers, 1917-1967, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc])

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Ruth Egri papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Sheldon Glueck papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Egri Lajos Papers, 1917-1967 University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc]
creatorOf Egri, Lajos, 1888-1967. Papers, 1917-1967. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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associatedWith Communist Party of the United States of America. corporateBody
associatedWith Egri, Ruth, 1911- person
associatedWith Elöre Group of Players. corporateBody
associatedWith Glueck, Sheldon, 1896- person
associatedWith Socialist Party (U.S.). Hungarian Federation. corporateBody
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United States
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Ethnic theater
Hungarian American dramatists
Hungarian American theater
Journalists
Working class theater
Working class theater
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Birth 1888-06-04

Death 1967-02-07

Hungarian,

English

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