József Molnár was a Hungarian writer, journalist, publisher and printer.
Background
His mother, Mária Lagler (1886–1943), worked in Budapest as a cook, his biological father is unknown. József grew up in Csepreg with relatives of his mother. He bore his mother"s maiden name and was called József Lagler until the age of fourteen when he was adopted by Jenő Molnár.
Education
He attended the Kossuth Lajos Grammar School in Budapest.
Career
In 1945 he joined the National Peasant Party (Nemzeti Parasztpárt) and was elected to their executive committee. In 1947 he resigned from the party and left Hungary in November 1948. From then on he lived in exile.
After arriving in Switzerland, in the summer of 1949 he earned his living in various companies as a labourer.
In the further course of his emigration, József Molnár worked for several years as a political commentator at Radio Free Europe. He went on to New York and back again to Europe.
In 1955 he met Olga Leibold, his future second wife. lieutenant was a conversation about the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder.
The couple wed in September 1965 and remained together until József"s death.
His cremated remains are located at the Munich East Cemetery.
Membership
On 1 December 1938, he became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Hungary.