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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Eugene Fodor (October 14, 1905 – February 18, 1991) was a Hungarian-American writer of travel literature | Fodor was born in Léva, Hungary (then Austria-Hungary; now Levice, Slovakia). | ||
Eugene attended University of Grenoble. | |||
Eugene Fodor (October 14, 1905 – February 18, 1991) was a Hungarian-American writer of travel literature. Believing that travel guides of his time were boring, he wrote a guide to Europe, On the Continent—The Entertaining Travel Annual, which was published in 1936 by Francis Aldor, Aldor Publications, London and was reprinted in 2011 by Random House as an e-book. Fodor joined the US Army in 1942 during World War II, and was transferred to the Office of Strategic Services, serving in Europe. | |||
He married Vlasta Zobel, a Czech national, in 1948. He created Fodor Modern Guides, operating initially from Paris but moving to Connecticut in 1964. He lived there until his death in 1991. | |||
He remained with CIA for ’12 to 15 years’. His spy status was kept a secret until nearly thirty years later, when it was revealed by E. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||