Tamás Simon

Tamás Simon
Born	1935 (1935)
Died	1956 (aged 20–21)
Language	Hungarian
Notable works	A zsidó Don Juan

Tamás Simon (Hungarian: Simon Tamás; 1935–1956) was a Hungarian-Jewish poet and playwright. He is known for his verse drama A zsidó Don Juan, written in the mid-1950s. An adaptation of the story of Don Juan in a Jewish setting,^[1] the work was well-received by writers such as Géza Képes and Géza Hegedüs [hu].^[2] It was performed in November 1990 under the direction of László Salamon Suba [hu].^[3]

Simon committed suicide by intentional drug overdose in 1956.^[1][3]

References

1. Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred, eds. (2007). "Simon, Tamás". Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
2. Peremiczky, Szilvia (February 2019). "Európai kultúrmítoszok zsidó olvasatban (Simon Tamás Don Juan-drámája)" (PDF). Alföld: Irodalmi, művészeti és kritikai folyóirat (in Hungarian). 7: 72–81. ISSN 0401-3174.
3. Vajda, Miklós, ed. (Spring 1991). The New Hungarian Quarterly (PDF). Vol. 32. Budapest: MTI. p. 157. ISSN 1217-2545.

Bibliography

• Simon, Tamás (2003). Farkas, Éva (ed.). A zsidó Don Juan: Drámai költemény. Budapest: Ex Libris. ISBN 978-963-85530-8-9.