George Faludy (1910-2006) Commemorative Plaque, 2006
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Resource ID
4839
Access
Open
Address
25 St. Mary Street
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2006
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Heritage Toronto
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George Faludy (1910-2006) Commemorative Plaque, 2006
Description
George Faludy is revered as one of Hungary's greatest poets. His writing, ranging from love lyrics to political satire to philosophical meditation, reflects a life committed to humanist ideals. A fearless critic of political oppression, Faludy fled arrest in Hungary in 1938 for his anti-Nazi views, and escaped the Holocaust with an invitation to the United States from President Roosevelt. Returning to Hungary after WWII, he was imprisoned by its Communist regime in Recsk, a brutal concentration camp, from 1950 to 1953. There he and a group of others sustained their spirits with secret night-time lectures on literature and history. Faludy left Hungary for England after the suppression of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, and there wrote an extraodrinary autobiography, 'My Happy Days in Hell.' Internationally esteemed, he moved to Toronto in 1967. From here he continued to write and lecture, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Toronto in 1978. George Faludy lived at 25 St. Mary St. from 1975 until 1989 when he returned to Hungary after the collapse of Communism.
Marker lat / long: 43.667794, -79.387223 (WGS84)