Аукцион Bidspirit | Illes Kaczer, Jewish Author, Holocaust

Illes Kaczer, Jewish Author, Holocaust Survivor, Orig. Autograph on his novel: The Siege of Jericho, 1949, in English Orig. Autograph / dedication of the author on front endpaper of his book. Translated from Hungarian by Lawrence Wolfe 1st UK Edition, Methuen, London 1949, 327 pp., hard yellow cloth cover. Size: 19.2 x 13 cm. Light wear to cover, upper corner bumped, rear cover with light bend Yellow-brown endpapers Some small foxing stains to first pages and edges Weight: 290 gr. Illes Kaczer was a Hungarian author and journalist noted for writing on a range of Jewish themes from biblical times to religious family conflict. Kaczer (born October 9, 1887; died March 21, 1980) was born Ignatius Stephen Stern, in the town of Szatmar, Hungary. He began his career in provincial journalism before starting to write for Budapest newspapers. Later in his career, he made his name as a novelist and playwright, and his dramas enjoyed considerable success in Hungary during the 1920s. By the 1920s, however, as a result of the revolution of 1918-19, he left the country and went to live first in Vienna and later in Berlin, Romania and Czechoslovakia. In 1938 he moved to London but in 1959, at which time he was already established as a contributor of stories and essays to the Hungarian-language newspaper Uj Kelet, Kaczer made his home in Israel. Kaczer was noted for his powerful treatment of Jewish themes, ranging from biblical times to the era of social and religious family conflict in the 1800s and 1900s. His works include the novel Khafrit, az egyiptomi asszony (1916); the play Megjott a Messias (1921); Ikongo nem hal meg (1936); Fear Not, My Servant Jacob (1947); The Siege of Jericho (1949), originally published in London as The Siege, 2 vols.; and Harom a csillag (1956). - Illes Kaczer, Holocaust Survivor, Orig. Autograph on his book: The Siege of Jericho, 1949, in English