Irén Gál

Irén Gál, born Irén Grün, (1890-1974) was a Hungarian piano teacher and communist party activist, the wife of Béla Kun.

Early life

Gál was born into a poor, politically active Jewish family. She graduated from a high school in Cluj-Napoca and studied at the conservatory there, giving concerts and teaching private students.

Life

Gál married Béla Kun in 1913, against her family's wishes. Their daughter Ágnes Kun was born two years later. After the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, the family left Hungary, moving first to Austria, then Italy, and finally the Soviet Union. There she worked at International Red Aid and the Marx–Engels–Lenin Institute. During the Great Purge she was imprisoned, while her husband was executed. She returned to Hungary in 1959 and published a memoir a decade later.

Sources

  • Kun Béláné: Kun Béla, Budapest, Magvető Könyvkiadó, 1969
  • Konok Péter: Kun Béláné: a pártfeleség, Múlt-kor 2012.
  • "Gál Irén". Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
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