Adalbert Vitalyos

Adalbert Vitalyos was a French journalist born in Hungary. He was the creator of the philatelic magazine "Le Monde des philatélistes". He was born 10 July 1914 in Szolnok, Hungary, and died 24 May 2000.

Arriving in France in 1929, he became French in 1932. In 1935, He became typographer/linotypist at the journal "Le Temps".

Prisoner of war from 20 June 1940 to 1943, he returned to work in a printer of "Temps", later working for "Le Monde". He took part in the printing of the first issue, dated 19 December 1944.

In 1946, this stamp collector launched a weekly section in the magazine supplement of "Une semaine dans le monde". With the disappearance of this supplement in 1948, this was, until 1986 integrated into "Le Monde".

With the help of Hubert Beuve-Méry, he created "Le Monde des philatélistes", a stamp collecting magazine, first issued 13 October 1951. He was editor in chief from October 1953 until June 1977.

He was heavily involved in a philatelic press association, which joined another association in 1994 to form the Association de la presse philatélique francophone.

Bibliography

* Jean-Claude Rouy, "Adalbert Vitalyos. Le cofondateur, avec Hubert Beuve-Méry, du "Monde des philatélistes" [Adalbert Vitalyos. The cofounder, with Hubert Beuve-Méry, of "Le Monde des philatélistes"] , obituary published in "Le Monde", 17 June 2000.