(1929-2007)
Alex Szogyi was a college professor, actor,
food critic, writer, translator, graphologist
and astrologer. Alex died in New York
City at the age of 77. He received a degree
in mathematics from Brooklyn College and earned
a PhD in French from Yale in 1958. Alex
also studied at the
Sorbonne in Paris.
Alex, a retired professor, taught for more
than forty years at several Universities including
Yale
University, Wesleyan College, CUNY Graduate
Center and Hunter College. He wrote scholarly
articles, a novel, Carnaval, and translated
plays from Russian and French. As a food
critic, he
wrote articles for Gourmet and Bon Appetit.
His interests in life were diversified.
In addition to being a member of the National
Board of Review and Motion Pictures and
co-founder of APA Repertory, Alex also acted
in the French Film, Balzac. Additionally,
he was
the founder of the New York Chapter of the
George Sand Society. His partner of 46
years,
Philip Thompson, stated in the New York City
Villager, “You don’t ask what Alex did. You
ask what he didn’t do.”
Alex’s accomplishments were many. It
is not surprising that he was also an excellent
graphologist and astrologer. Among
his hundreds of astrological clients there were
stars of TV
and screen as well as other famous personalities.
BOOKS: Professor Alex Szogyi published the
following books that are available at major
bookstores:
Carnaval published in 1998
Chocolate: Food of the Gods, Vol. 14; 
Published in December 1997.
Lower Depths by Maxim
Gorki and Alex Szogyi (Translator) 
BIRTH AND DEATH DATA:
BIRTH: Alex Szogyi,
January 27, 1929. 9:16pm, EST, Jamaica,
New York.
DEATH: He passed away on April 23,
2007 in New York City.
Source: SSDI
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