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Bela Szenes (Schlesinger) (1894-1927), author, born in Budapest, Hungary (then part of Austria-Hungary). He joined the editorial boards of various newspapers, and was noted for his feuilletons, known as "Szenes-ember," which in Hungarian, has the additional meaning of "coalman".

In his short life he was a gifted and prolific writer. His stories include: "A Szenes ember konyve" ("The Story of the Coalman", 1916), "A kristof-teri Kolumbusz" ("Columbus of Kristof-square", 1918); "Pest" (1919); "Csibi" ("Two Young People", 1919); Vidam irasok ("Humorous Writings," 2 vols., 1920-21); "A tizenegyedik parancsolat" ("The Eleventh Commandment", 1921); "Aladar" (1921); "Gyurika" (1921), "Tizenharmadikan penteken" ("On Friday the 13th", 1922).

Szenes wrote humorous plays, which were successful on the Hungarian stage and also abroad. Among his plays were: "A buta ember" ("The Stupid Man", 1921), "A gazdag leany" ("The Rich Girl", 1921); "Holdvilag" ("Moonlight", 1924); "Az alvo ferj" ("The Sleeping Husband", 1926), and "Nem nosulok" ("I Won't Marry", 1927). In 1924, Szenes wrote 20 one act plays.

Bela Szenes was the father of World War II heroine Hanna Szenes.