Edit (Gelb) Gyömrői was born in Budapest to Mark Gelb (who changed his name to Gyömrői in 1899), a Jewish furniture manufacturer, and Ilona Pfeifer.[1] She had a younger brother, Boris, and an older sister (by two years), Márta.[2]
At her father's request, she began studying interior design, but later dropped out. In 1914, she married chemical engineer Ervin Renyi - with whom she had a son, Gábor, who later died in a fascistlabour camp - then divorced him in 1918. Through her uncle István Hollós,[3][4] she began to learn about psychoanalysis and attended the 5th International Psychoanalytical Congress in Budapest.
Becoming a communist militant
From 1918 onwards she participated in gatherings of the Sunday Circle, a group of left-wing intellectuals which included psychoanalyst René Spitz. In 1919, she worked for the Commissariat for Education during the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic.
When the republic fell following the Romanian invasion, she fled to Vienna, where she supported herself by working at a parachute factory, and then as a sales assistant at a bookshop. She knew the Hungarian writers Béla Balázs, composer Hanns Eisler, Czech writer Egon Kisch and Hermann Broch - who translated her poetry into German. Thereafter she was for short periods in Czechoslovakia and Romania. After being expelled from Romania for her communism, she settled in Berlin in 1923, with her second husband Laszlo Tology (Gluck). She designed costumes for the films of Elisabeth Bergner at the Neumann Produktion film studio, translated, interpreted and took photographs. She also worked on the staff of the Rote Hilfe newspaper of the German Communist Party for a time. She studied psychoanalysis from 1924 onwards. After undertaking training analysis with Otto Fenichel, she later practiced as an analyst.[5]
She was the therapist of the Hungarian poet Attila József, who wrote his most famous love poems to her.
When Hitler came to power in 1933, Gyömrői emigrated to Prague, due to her being jewish, along with her political views, which were opposed to the Nazi party ideologies. The following year she returned to Budapest, where she joined the Hungarian Psychoanalytical Society.[1] Between 1936 and 1938, she held seminars and discussion evenings, for mothers and educators on practical educational issues.
In 1956, because the island's humid climate caused her problems, the couple moved to London. There, Gyömrői became a recognized psychoanalyst, and continued her practice until she was 80.[1]
Death
After the death of her husband in 1986, she moved with her colleagues Anne-Marie and Joseph J. Sandler. She died on 11 February 1987.[1]
edith, gyömrői, ludowyk, september, 1896, february, 1987, hungarian, psychotherapist, poet, communist, handful, european, radicals, lanka, contents, early, years, becoming, communist, militant, moving, lanka, death, works, referencesearly, years, editedit, gel. Edith Gyomroi Ludowyk 8 September 1896 11 February 1987 was a Hungarian psychotherapist poet and communist She was one of the handful of European Radicals in Sri Lanka Contents 1 Early years 2 Becoming a communist militant 3 Moving to Sri Lanka 4 Death 5 Works 6 ReferencesEarly years EditEdit Gelb Gyomroi was born in Budapest to Mark Gelb who changed his name to Gyomroi in 1899 a Jewish furniture manufacturer and Ilona Pfeifer 1 She had a younger brother Boris and an older sister by two years Marta 2 At her father s request she began studying interior design but later dropped out In 1914 she married chemical engineer Ervin Renyi with whom she had a son Gabor who later died in a fascist labour camp then divorced him in 1918 Through her uncle Istvan Hollos 3 4 she began to learn about psychoanalysis and attended the 5th International Psychoanalytical Congress in Budapest Becoming a communist militant EditFrom 1918 onwards she participated in gatherings of the Sunday Circle a group of left wing intellectuals which included psychoanalyst Rene Spitz In 1919 she worked for the Commissariat for Education during the short lived Hungarian Soviet Republic When the republic fell following the Romanian invasion she fled to Vienna where she supported herself by working at a parachute factory and then as a sales assistant at a bookshop She knew the Hungarian writers Bela Balazs composer Hanns Eisler Czech writer Egon Kisch and Hermann Broch who translated her poetry into German Thereafter she was for short periods in Czechoslovakia and Romania After being expelled from Romania for her communism she settled in Berlin in 1923 with her second husband Laszlo Tology Gluck She designed costumes for the films of Elisabeth Bergner at the Neumann Produktion film studio translated interpreted and took photographs She also worked on the staff of the Rote Hilfe newspaper of the German Communist Party for a time She studied psychoanalysis from 1924 onwards After undertaking training analysis with Otto Fenichel she later practiced as an analyst 5 She was the therapist of the Hungarian poet Attila Jozsef who wrote his most famous love poems to her When Hitler came to power in 1933 Gyomroi emigrated to Prague due to her being jewish along with her political views which were opposed to the Nazi party ideologies The following year she returned to Budapest where she joined the Hungarian Psychoanalytical Society 1 Between 1936 and 1938 she held seminars and discussion evenings for mothers and educators on practical educational issues Moving to Sri Lanka EditIn 1938 when Admiral Horthy s fascist regime passed its first Anti Jewish Law she emigrated to Sri Lanka 6 with her third husband journalist Laszlo Ujvari who died in 1940 She met and married E F C Ludowyk Professor of English at the University College Colombo She joined the Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party and in 1947 together with Vivienne Goonewardena and several other women of the LSSP the Bolshevik Samasamaja Party and the Communist Party she founded the Eksath Kantha Peramuna United Women s Front the first autonomous socialist women s association in the country In 1948 she published an article in The Times of Ceylon titled Feminism or Socialism 2 In 1956 because the island s humid climate caused her problems the couple moved to London There Gyomroi became a recognized psychoanalyst and continued her practice until she was 80 1 Death EditAfter the death of her husband in 1986 she moved with her colleagues Anne Marie and Joseph J Sandler She died on 11 February 1987 1 Works EditRenyi Edit versei The Poems of Edit Renyi 1919 Versohnung Atonement 1 Gegen den Strom Against the Current 1941 Miracle and Faith in Early Buddhism 1944 Pubertatsriten der Madchen in einer in Umwandlung begriffenen Gesellschaft Adolescent Rites among Girls in a Society in Flux 1955 Megbekeles 1979References Edit a b c d e A Woman against the current Edith Ludowyk Gyomori The Island Online a b A Woman Against the Current The Life Paths of Edit Gyomroi Gelb Renyi Gluck Ujvari Ludowyk Edith Gyomroi 1896 1987 Psychoanalytikerinnen Biografisches Lexikon 1 Gyomroi Edit Bp 1896 szept 8 London 1987 febr 10 Endre Kiss Edit Gyomroi and Hermann Broch Defining our modern cultural history VIII Edith Ludowyk Gyomroi Archived 2005 02 19 at the Wayback Machine Sunday Observer Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edith Gyomroi Ludowyk amp oldid 1119220864, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
