Oct 07, 1897Budapest, HungaryDied on 03 Jun 1938 (aged 40)
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About Sándor Barta
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.