Habe, Hans eigentlich János Békessy#

Habe, Hans (real name: János Bekessy), b. Budapest (Hungary), Feb. 12, 1911, d. Locarno (Switzerland), Sept. 29, 1977, author and journalist. From 1929-1938 editor and correspondent in Vienna and Prague, 1940 emigrated to the USA; after 1945 press officer in Germany, founded the American newspaper "Neue Zeitung" in Munich, 1946-1952 editor-in-chief of various newspapers; columnist, author of numerous popular novels ("Das Netz", 1968).

Weitere Works: Zu spaet?, 1939; Ob tausend fallen, 1943; Weg ins Dunkel, 1951; Ich stelle mich, 1954 (Autobiography); Die Tarnowska, 1962; Die Mission, 1965; Palazzo, 1975.