Name George Urban Role Writer | Died October 3, 1997 | |
Books Radio Free Europe and the p, End of Empire: The Demi, Diplomacy and Disillusio, A Case for Coherence: Assumpti | ||
Education Eotvos Lorand University | ||
George Robert Urban (12 April 1921 Miskolc, Hungary – 3 October 1997) was a Hungarian writer, best known as a broadcaster for Radio Free Europe (RFE).
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Early life
George Urban was born on 12 April 1921 in Miskolc, Hungary. He attended Budapest University and left Hungary for the United Kingdom in 1948, where he took up further studies at London University.
Career
Urban began work for the BBC Hungarian service. He was a radio broadcaster for a number of years for the BBC World Service, leaving and joining RFE in 1960, and becoming its director for a period in the 1980s.
Urban is known also for his writing for Encounter magazine. His journalism and book writing drew heavily on long dialogues, in effect extended interviews, from his work at RFE, involving major intellectual and political figures who were prepared to engage with the Cold War. He also published a study of the Georgekreis, an early enthusiasm, and continuing shaper of his attitudes. In 1985, he signs a petition in support for the far-right paramilitary Contras (Nicaragua).
Personal life
Urban was twice married.