Sándor Barta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sándor Barta

writer

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1897

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 03-Jun-1938

Profession: writer, poet

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Sándor Barta (7 October 1897, Budapest – 3 June, 1938) was a Hungarian poet active in various avant-garde movements.
After emigrating to the Soviet Union, he remained active amongst German-speaking cultural groups.
He was an active agent in carrying out the Stalinist purges amongst the literary intelligentsia, but was himself arrested by the Soviet authorities and shot in 1938.