CSERGŐ, HUGO

CSERGŐ, HUGO
CSERGŐ, HUGO (1877–1944), Hungarian author and journalist. Csergő, who headed the Budapest social welfare department, was also a prominent Jewish community official. His works include Versek ("Poems," 1904) and the drama, Az elsó hajnal ("The First Dawn," 1923), but he is best remembered as editor of the anthology, Száz év magyar zsidó kőltői ("Hungarian Jewish Poets of the Last Century," 1943). He died following deportation.

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

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