István Andreánszky, S. Pataki

* Mezőlaborc, 1911. Jun. 17. – † Brussels, 1989. Oct. 12. / journalist, newspaper editor ; ; He finished high school in Sárospatak, during and after which he wrote poems for Kassák Lajos Munka and sociographic reports on the life of the farm world. He was arrested twice on charges of communist organization, so he emigrated to Czechoslovakia in September 1934. He lived in Po., and continuously published in the Magyar Újság and the Csehszlovákiai Népszava. The theoretical journal of the Social Democratic Party of Mo., Sócializmus, also often published his studies (Új népies költészet, A slovenszkói magyar irodalomról etc.). He often indicated his writings with the name István S. Pataki. The Slovak office of Slovenské smery In the newspaper he popularized Attila József, and his audio play about Martinovics was broadcast on the Hungarian broadcast of the po. radio. ; After the Vienna decision, he returned to Mo.. He became an internal collaborator of Endre Bajcsy- Zsilinszky's newspaper, Független Magyarország, and also published in Népszava. During the German occupation, he lived illegally, cooperating with the social democratic groups of the resistance. After 1945, he held significant positions in political life and the social democratic press, but due to the increasing deterioration of democratic conditions, he emigrated to Belgium in early 1948. His writings were published in the publications of the Hungarian Revolutionary Socialists' Association and in the Parisian newspaper Socialist Revolution, which he also edited. ; ; Literature: József Pásztor: A Mi Utunk – Forradalmi életek Debrecenben, Debrecen 1972. ;

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