Fraternity-Testvériség, 1959 (37. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1959-04-01 / 4. szám

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FRATERNITY

of translations shown to him. Exception was made of the novel “Help!” which was published in Czech. (The translator, Alrbeta Gőllnerová, paid with her life in a Nazi concentration camp.) Two of his novels were translated into Italian and published in an abbreviated form against the wish and consent of the author. (“Vita Miraculosa”, Milan, 1943, 248 pp., and “Aiuto!”, Rome, 1946, 502 pp.)

His three volumes of “The Abandoned Village” are fully translated into Finnish by Yriő Liipola but not yet published. The late Professor Joseph Reményi wrote an essay, in English, on “Dezső Szabó, Hungarian Novelist and Pamphleteer”. (The Slavonic and East European Review of January 1946.)

Recently a Dezső Szabó Committee was formed with the purpose of collecting literature and other material on him, to celebrate in 1959 the 80th anniversary of his birth, also to publish his biography. The Committee has prepared a scientific bibliography of his works and some 800 articles written to date on Dezső Szabó.

The interest in the works of this Hungarian literary genius is constantly increasing. The Committee promotes translations of his works also in other languages and is prepared to give further information on Dezső Szabó and his works. Address: 6024 Broad St., Washington 16, D. C.

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CAN A NATURALIZED CITIZEN RETURN PERMANENTLY TO HIS NATIVE COUNTRY?

Question: I was naturalized fifteen years ago and am now 65 years old. While I like living in America very much, my doctor tells me I ought to live in a different climate, such as exists in my country of origin. I would like to go there, but do not wish to lose my American citizenship, even if staying here is bad for my health. Is there any way in which I can remain an American citizen yet follow my doctor’s orders?

Answer: That depends on all the fact. Generally speaking, naturalized citizens 60 years of age or over who have resided in the United States for 25 years or more after naturalization, do not lose their citizenship by living abroad. You obviously do not fall in that category. If, however, you should go abroad and are prevented from returning because of ill health, and if you register at least every six months with the appropriate American consulate and show him a doctor’s certificate or other satisfactory evidence that your health keeps you from returning, you also will not lose your citizenship in spite of the fact that you have resided in the United States less than 25 years after naturalization.