Hungarian Jew, born Sommer Dezső in Budapest in January of 1891 to Albert and Janka Sommer; he went by an assortment of first and last names throughout his lifetime. He had changed the German-sounding Sommer to Sebeők (pronounced approximately SHEH-bek, meaning "Sebastian" in Hungarian) by the time he was an adult. When he emigrated to the U.S. in 1936, he used more alternate names, and eventually adopted the apparently manufactured last name Shybekay. His name was later changed by Order of Court from Dezső Sebeok Shybekay to Frank Derso Sebeok Shybekay.
He published 15 or more works in English, under the name of Derso Sebeok Shybekay. I think Derso is how his Hungarian given name, Dezső, looked when he wrote it, and I would guess Americans found it easy to pronounce.
He published 15 or more works in English, under the name of Derso Sebeok Shybekay. I think Derso is how his Hungarian given name, Dezső, looked when he wrote it, and I would guess Americans found it easy to pronounce.
Hungarian Jew, born Sommer Dezső in Budapest in January of 1891 to Albert and Janka Sommer; he went by an assortment of first and last names throughout his lifetime. He had changed the German-sounding Sommer to Sebeők (pronounced approximately SHEH-bek, meaning "Sebastian" in Hungarian) by the time he was an adult. When he emigrated to the U.S. in 1936, he used more alternate names, and eventually adopted the apparently manufactured last name Shybekay. His name was later changed by Order of Court from Dezső Sebeok Shybekay to Frank Derso Sebeok Shybekay.
He published 15 or more works in English, under the name of Derso Sebeok Shybekay. I think Derso is how his Hungarian given name, Dezső, looked when he wrote it, and I would guess Americans found it easy to pronounce.
He published 15 or more works in English, under the name of Derso Sebeok Shybekay. I think Derso is how his Hungarian given name, Dezső, looked when he wrote it, and I would guess Americans found it easy to pronounce.
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