List of Hungarian writers
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- Emil ÁbrányiEmil ÁbrányiEmil Ábrányi was a Hungarian composer, conductor, and opera director.He was conductor at the Royal Hungarian Opera House from 1911 to 1919 and director there from 1919 to 1920. In 1921 he became the director at the Budapest Municipal Theatre where he remained until 1926. For many years he taught...
(1850–1920) - Ignác Acsády (1845–1904)
- László Amade (1703–1764)
- Endre AdyEndre AdyEndre Ady was a Hungarian poet.-Biography:Ady was born in Érmindszent, Szilágy county . He belonged to an impoverished Calvinist noble family...
(1877–1919) - Zoltán AmbrusZoltán AmbrusZoltán Ambrus was a Hungarian writer and translator.He completed gymnasium in Debrecen and Budapest and then studied law in Budapest. At the age of 18, his father died leaving him responsible for his family...
(1861–1932) - Pál István Ányos (1756–1784)
- Ignác Acsády (1845–1904)
- Csere János Apáczai (1625–1659)
- Péter Apor (1676–1752)
- Lajos Áprily (1887–1965)
- János AranyJános AranyJános Arany , was a Hungarian journalist, writer, poet, and translator. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 40 ballads which have been translated into over 50 languages, as well as the Toldi trilogy, to mention his most famous works.-Biography:He was born in...
(1817–1882) - László Arany (1844–1898)
- János Asbóth (1845–1911)
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- Mihály BabitsMihály BabitsMihály Babits was a Hungarian poet, writer and translator.- Biography :...
(1883–1941) - József BajzaJózsef BajzaJózsef Bajza was a Hungarian poet and critic.He was born at Szücsi and was first published in Károly Kisfaludy's Aurora, a literary paper he edited from 1830 to 1837. He also contributed substantially to the Kritische Blätter, the Athenaeum, and the Figyelmező...
- Bálint BalassiBálint BalassiBálint Balassi baron of Kékkő and Gyarmat, , was a multilingual Hungarian Renaissance lyric poet, who wrote mostly in Hungarian...
(1554–1594) - Béla BalázsBéla Balázs----Béla Balázs , born Herbert Bauer, was a Hungarian-Jewish film critic, aesthete, writer and poet....
(1884–1949) - Miklós BánffyMiklós BánffyCount Miklós Bánffy de Losoncz was a Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist. His books include The Transylvanian Trilogy , and The Phoenix Land.The Bánffy family emerged in 15th century Transylvania and established itself among the foremost dynasties of the...
(1873–1950) - Ádám BodorÁdám BodorÁdám Bodor is an award-winning Hungarian author of Transylvanian Hungarian origin.- Life and writing :...
- János BatsányiJános BatsányiJános Batsányi was a Hungarian poet.In 1785, he published his first work, a patriotic poem, "The Valour of the Magyars"...
(1763–1845) - Elek BenedekElek BenedekElek Benedek was a Hungarian journalist and writer, known as "the great folk-tale teller".- Biography :...
- Dániel BerzsenyiDániel BerzsenyiDániel Berzsenyi - February 24, 1836 in Nikla) was a Hungarian poet.Berzsenyi was one of the most contradictory poets of Hungarian literature. He lived the life of a farmer, and wished to be close to the events of Hungarian literature. This contradiction, which he believed he could solve, made him...
(1776–1836) - György BessenyeiGyörgy BessenyeiGyörgy Bessenyei was a Hungarian playwright and poet.-Works:* 1772 – Ágis tragédiája* 1777 – A magyar néző* 1777 – A filozófus* 1778 – Magyarság* 1779 – A holmi* 1781 – Egy magyar társaság iránt való jámbor szándék...
(1747–1811) - Kata Bethlen (1700–1759)
- Miklós Bethlen (1642–1716)
- Laszlo Z. BitoLaszlo Z. BitoLászló Z. Bitó is a physiologist and a writer. As a researcher he has developed a medicine for glaucoma. As a writer he writes novels and essays.-Biography:...
(1934-) - Ádám BodorÁdám BodorÁdám Bodor is an award-winning Hungarian author of Transylvanian Hungarian origin.- Life and writing :...
(1936–) - Péter Bornemisza (1535–1584)
- Sándor BródySándor BródyBródy Sándor, or Sándor Bródy was a Hungarian author and journalist.After attending the schools of that city he devoted himself entirely to literature...
(1863–1924)
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- László Cholnoky (1879–1929)
- Viktor Cholnoky (1868–1912)
- Géza CsáthGéza CsáthGéza Csáth , was a Hungarian writer, playwright, musician, music critic and psychiatrist. He was the cousin of Dezső Kosztolányi.-Life:...
(1887–1919) - Gergely Csiky
- Mihály Csokonai VitézMihály Csokonai VitézMihály Csokonai Vitéz was a Hungarian poet.Having been educated in Debrecen, where he was born, Csokonai was appointed while still very young to the professorship of poetry there...
(1773–1805) - Sándor CsoóriSándor CsoóriSándor Csoóri is a Hungarian poet, essayist, writer and politician.-Biography:In 1950, he graduated from the Reformed Pontifical College , and then studied at ELTE Institute, but dropped his studies because of illness...
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- György DalosGyörgy DalosGyörgy Dalos is a Hungarian Jewish writer and historian. He is best known for his novel 1985, and The Guest from the Future: Anna Akhmatova and Isaiah Berlin.-Life:...
(1943–) - József DarvasJózsef DarvasJózsef Darvas was a Hungarian writer and politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1950 and 1951, as Minister of Education between 1951 and 1953 and as Minister of Culture between 1953 and 1956...
- Tibor DéryTibor DeryTibor Déry was a Hungarian writer. In his early years he was a supporter of communism, but after being excluded from the ranks of the Hungarian Communist Party in 1953 he started writing satire on the communist regime in Hungary.Georg Lukács praised Dery as being 'the greatest depicter of human...
(1894–1977) - András Dugonics (1740–1818)
- József EötvösJózsef EötvösJózsef baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény was a Hungarian writer and statesman, the son of Ignacz baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény and Anna von Lilien, who stemmed from an Erbsälzer family of Werl in Germany....
(1813–1871) - Péter EsterházyPéter EsterházyPéter Esterházy is one of the most widely known contemporary Hungarian writers. His books are considered to be significant contributions to postwar literature....
(1950–) - Ferenc Faludi (1704–1779)
- György FaludyGyörgy FaludyGyörgy Faludy , sometimes anglicized as George Faludy, was a Hungarian-Jewish poet, writer and translator.- Notable works :...
(1910–2006) - Ladislas FaragoLadislas FaragoLadislas Farago was a military historian and journalist who published a number of best-selling books on history and espionage, especially concerning the World War II era....
(1906–1980) - Jenő Farkass (1896–1951)
- Mihály FazekasMihály FazekasMihály Fazekas was a Hungarian writer from Debrecen. He was an army private for seven years before being commissioned as a Hussar officer. As a hobby, Fazekas studied the natural sciences and wrote poetry...
(1766–1828) - András FáyAndrás FáyAndrás Fáy was a Hungarian poet and author.He was born at Kohány in the county of Zemplén, and was educated for the law at the Protestant college of Sárospatak. His Mesék , the first edition of which appeared at Vienna in 1820, evinced his powers of satire and invention, and won him the...
(1786–1864) - István FeketeIstván FeketeIstván Fekete was a Hungarian writer, author of several youth novels and animal stories.He is perhaps best known for his youth novel Tüskevár , about two city boys' summer holiday at the corner of Lake Balaton and Zala River, their experiences, adventures, contact with Nature in its genuine form...
(1900–1970) - Miksa FenyőMiksa FenyoMiksa Fenyő was a Hungarian writer and intellectual, served as a Member of Parliament in the early 1930s, and was appointed Minister of Trade and Commerce under the short-lived government cabinet of Prime Minister János Hadik in 1918.He was also mentor and friend to Hungary's second most...
(1877–1972) - Jolán FöldesJolán FöldesJolán Földes was a Hungarian author. Her most famous novel is the Street of the Fishing Cat....
- Milán FüstMilán FüstMilán Füst was a Hungarian writer, poet and playwright. In 1908 he met the writer Ernő Osvát and published his first work in the literary revue Nyugat. He befriended Dezső Kosztolányi and Frigyes Karinthy. After studying law and economics in Budapest, he became a teacher in a school of business...
(1888–1967)
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- Géza GárdonyiGéza GárdonyiGéza Gárdonyi, born Géza Ziegler was a Hungarian writer and journalist. Although he wrote a range of works, he had his greatest success as a historical novelist, particularly with Eclipse of the Crescent Moon and Slave of the Huns.-Life:Gárdonyi was born in Agárdpuszta, Austria-Hungary, the son of...
(1863–1922) - János GarayJános GarayJános Garay was a Hungarian poet and author, was born in Szekszárd, Tolna County. From 1823 to 1828 he studied at Pécs, and subsequently, in 1829, at the University of Pest. In 1834 he brought out an heroic poem, in hexameters, under the title Csatár...
- Albert Gergei (16th c.)
- Gábor GörgeyGábor GörgeyGábor Görgey is a Hungarian writer, poet, director and politician, who served as Minister of Culture between 2002 and 2003...
- István GyöngyösiIstván GyöngyösiIstván Gyöngyösi , Hungarian poet, was born of poor but noble parents.His abilities early attracted the notice of Count Ferenc Wesselényi, who in 1640 appointed him to a post of confidence in Fülek castle. Here he remained till 1653, when he married and became an assessor of the judicial board...
- Géza GyóniGéza GyóniGéza Gyóni was a Hungarian poet under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He died in a Tsarist prisoner of war camp during the First World War.-Early life:...
(1884–1917) - Pál Gyulai (1826–1909)
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- Béla HamvasBéla HamvasBéla Hamvas was a Hungarian writer, philosopher, and social critic. He was the first thinker to introduce the Traditionalist School of René Guénon to Hungary.-Biography:...
- Gáspár HeltaiGáspár HeltaiGáspár Heltai was a Transylvanian Saxon writer and printer of Saxon descent. His name possibly derives from the village Heltau...
- Ferenc HerczegFerenc HerczegFerenc Herczeg was a Hungarian playwright and author who promoted conservative nationalist opinion in his country. He founded and edited the magazine Új Idők in 1895...
(1863–1954) - Gyula HernádiGyula HernádiGyula Hernádi was an Hungarian writer and screenwriter. He wrote for 36 films between 1965 and 2005, mostly for director Miklós Jancsó...
- András Hevesi (1902–1940)
- János Horváth (1878–1953)
- Sándor HunyadySándor HunyadySándor Hunyady was a Hungarian novelist and dramatist.- Novels :*Diadalmas katona , 1930*Géza és Dusán , 1932*Téli sport , 1934*Családi album , 1934*Az ötpengős leány , 1935...
(1890–1942) - Ignotus
- Gyula IllyésGyula IllyésGyula Illyés was a Hungarian poet and novelist. He was one of the so called népi writers, named so because they aimed to show – propelled by strong sociological interest and left-wing convictions – the disadvantageous conditions of their native land.-Early life:He was born...
(1902–1983) - Éva JanikovszkyÉva JanikovszkyÉva Janikovszky was a Hungarian writer.She wrote novels for both children and adults, but she is primarily known for her children's books, translated into 35 languages. Her first book was published in 1957...
- Mór JókaiMór JókaiMór Jókai , born Móric Jókay de Ásva , outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.-Early life:...
(1825–1904) - Miklós Jósika (1794–1865)
- Attila JózsefAttila JózsefAttila József was one of the most important and well-known Hungarian poets of the 20th century.-Biography:The son of Áron József, a soap factory worker of Romanian origin from Bánát, and Hungarian peasant girl Borbála Pőcze, he was born in Ferencváros, a poor district of Budapest. He had two elder...
(1905–1937) - Gyula JuhászGyula JuhászGyula Juhász was a Hungarian poet, who was awarded the Baumgarten Prize.His first poems were published in in 1899. Between 1902 and 1906 he was a student of the University of Budapest, where he met Mihály Babits and Dezső Kosztolányi....
(1883–1937)
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- László KálnokyLászló KálnokyLászló Kálnoky was a Hungarian poet and literary translator.He belonged to the third generation of Nyugat...
(1912–1985) - Margit KaffkaMargit KaffkaMargit Kaffka was a Hungarian writer and poet.Called a "great, great writer" by Endre Ady, she was one of the most important female Hungarian authors, and an important member of the Nyugat generation...
(1880–1918) - Sándor KányádiSándor KányádiSándor Kányádi is an ethnic Hungarian poet and translator from the geographical region Transylvania, Romania. He is one of the most famous contemporary Hungarian-language poets.-Biography:...
(1929–) - Ferenc KarinthyFerenc KarinthyFerenc Karinthy was a novelist, playwright, journalist, editor and translator, as well as a water polo champion. He authored more than a dozen novels. The writer and journalist Frigyes Karinthy was his father....
(1921–1992) - Frigyes KarinthyFrigyes KarinthyFrigyes Karinthy was a Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator. He was the first proponent of the six degrees of separation concept, in his 1929 short story, Chains . Karinthy remains one of the most popular Hungarian writers...
(1887–1938) - József KármánJozsef KarmanJózsef Kármán , sentimentalist Hungarian author, was born at Losonc in 1769, the son of a Calvinist pastor. He was educated at Losonc and Pest, whence he migrated to Vienna...
- György KárolyGyörgy KárolyGyörgy Károly is a Hungarian poet and writer.- External links :* * ----* Assorted poems on Wikisource* Sonettset on Wikisource...
(1953–) - Lajos KassákLajos KassákLajos Kassák was a Hungarian poet, novelist, painter, essayist, editor, theoretician of the avant-garde and occasional translator, was the father of many modernisms....
(1887–1967) - József KatonaJózsef KatonaJózsef Katona was a Hungarian playwright and poet, creator of the Hungarian drama: author of the legendary historical tragedy: Bánk bán.-Biography:...
(1791–1830) - Ferenc KazinczyFerenc KazinczyFerenc Kazinczy was a Hungarian author, the most indefatigable agent in the regeneration of the Magyar language and literature at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century...
(1759–1831) - Zsigmond KeményZsigmond KeményBaron Zsigmond Kemény was a Hungarian author.-Life and work:Kemény was born in Alvinc, Transylvania to a distinguished noble family, but family feuds left him with little personal wealth. His early schooling in Nagyenyed gave him knowledge of English law, French law and German law, politics and...
(1814–1875) - Géza KépesGéza KépesGéza Képes was a Hungarian poet, translator and polyglot.-External links:*...
- Imre KertészImre KertészImre Kertész is a Hungarian Jewish author, Holocaust concentration camp survivor, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002 "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history"....
(1929–) Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner in 2002 - Károly KisfaludyKároly KisfaludyKároly Kisfaludy was a Hungarian dramatist and artist, brother of Sándor Kisfaludy. He was the founder of the national drama....
(1788–1830) - Sándor KisfaludySándor KisfaludySándor Kisfaludy was a Hungarian lyric poet, Himfy's Loves his chief work, was less distinguished as a dramatist. He is considered to be the first romantic poet from Hungary. He was the brother of Károly Kisfaludy. He has been set to music by Zoltán Kodály.-References:...
(1772–1844) - Ephraim KishonEphraim Kishon' was an Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and film director. He is one of the most widely-read contemporary satirists in the world.- Early life and World War II :...
(1924–2004) - József KissJózsef KissLieutenant József Kiss was a World War I flying ace for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was credited with 19 aerial victories. He was the most successful Hungarian ace in the war....
(1842–1921) - János KodolányiJános KodolányiJános Kodolányi Hungarian writer of short stories, dramas, novels and sociographies.-Prose and politics:...
(1899–1969) - Arthur KoestlerArthur KoestlerArthur Koestler CBE was a Hungarian author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria...
(1905–1983) - Károly KósKároly KósKároly Kós was a Hungarian architect, writer, illustrator, ethnologist and politician of Austria-Hungary and Romania.- Biography :...
- Ferenc KölcseyFerenc KölcseyFerenc Kölcsey was a Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, and politician, noted for his support of the liberal current inside the Habsburg Empire. He wrote the national anthem of Hungary in 1823....
(1790–1838) - György KonrádGyörgy KonrádGyörgy Konrád is a Hungarian novelist and essayist, known as an advocate of individual freedom. He was a dissident under the communist regime.- Life :...
(1933–) - Dezső KosztolányiDezso Kosztolányi-Biography:Kosztolányi was born in Szabadka, Austro-Hungarian monarchy in 1885, the town belongs today to Serbia. The city serves as a model for the fictional town of Sárszeg, in which he set his novella Skylark as well as The Golden Kite....
(1885–1936) - László KrasznahorkaiLászló KrasznahorkaiLászló Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian writer. He completed his university studies in Hungary, and has supported himself as an independent author since then...
(1954–) - Gyula KrúdyGyula KrúdyGyula Krúdy was a Hungarian writer and journalist.-Biography:Gyula Krúdy was born in Nyíregyháza, Hungary. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a maid working for the Krúdy family. His parents did not marry until Gyula was 17 years old.In his teens, Krúdy published newspaper pieces and began...
(1878–1933)
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- Miklós LászlóMiklós LászlóMiklos Laszlo was a playwright and naturalized American citizen born in Budapest, Hungary. He is best remembered for his play Illatszertár, also known as Parfumerie, which was used as the storyline for three movies, The Shop Around the Corner, In the Good Old Summertime, and, most recently,...
(1903–1973) - Ervin LázárErvin LázárErvin Lázár was a Hungarian author. Although he wrote a novel and a number of short stories, he is best known for his tales and stories for children.- Bibliography :...
(1936–2006) - Menyhért Lengyel
- Ignatz LichtensteinIgnatz LichtensteinIgnatz Lichtenstein , sometimes mistakenly called Isaac due to his pen name I. Lichtenstein, was a Hungarian Orthodox rabbi who wrote "pamphlets advocating conversion to Christianity while still officiating as a Rabbi." Though he refused to be baptized into the Christian faith his whole life, he...
(1824–1909) - László L. LőrinczLászló L. LorinczLászló L. Lőrincz is a Hungarian orientalist, science fiction author, and translator. His 1982 collection A nagy kupola szégyene deals with crime, punishment, and social isolation. Several of his novels are noted for their plots and ideas...
- Imre MadáchImre MadáchImre Madách de Sztregova et de Kelecsény was a Hungarian writer, poet, lawyer and politician. His major work is The Tragedy of Man . It is a dramatic poem approximately 4000 lines long, which elaborates on ideas comparable to Goethe's Faust...
(1823–1864) - Gitta MallaszGitta MallaszGitta Mallasz was a graphic designer and an artist, but is today best known for her transcription of a series of extraordinary spiritual instructions she was one of the recipients in Hungary during World War II...
(1907–1992) - Iván MándyIván MándyIván Mándy was a Hungarian writer.-Biography:From 1945 on Mándy worked at the literary revue Újhold. After the Stalinist takeover he became a freelance writer. In 1989 he got again the chance to write for a literary newspaper...
(1918–1995) - Sándor MáraiSándor MáraiSándor Márai was a Hungarian writer and journalist.-Biography:...
(1900–1989) - Béla MarkóBéla MarkóBéla Markó is a Romanian politician and writer of Hungarian ethnicity. The former leader of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania , he is also the Deputy Premier in the Emil Boc government ; he had also been Minister of State in the Tăriceanu cabinet between 2004 and 2007, in charge of...
- Kelemen MikesKelemen MikesKelemen Mikes was a Transylvanian-born Hungarian political figure and essayist, noted for his rebellious activities against the Habsburg Monarchy. Mikes is referred to as the "Hungarian Goethe", made famous by his Letters from Turkey...
- Kálmán MikszáthKálmán MikszáthKálmán Mikszáth de Kiscsoltó was a major Hungarian novelist, journalist, and politician.-Biography:Mikszáth was born in Szklabonya, Upper Hungary into a family of the lesser nobility...
(1847–1910) - Ferenc MolnárFerenc MolnárLanguageFerenc Molnár was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist. His Americanized name was Franz Molnar...
(1878–1952) - József MolnárJózsef MolnárJózsef Molnár was a Hungarian writer, journalist, publisher and printer.-Biography:...
(1918–2009) - Ferenc MóraFerenc MóraFerenc Móra was a Hungarian novelist, journalist, and museologist.Ferenc Móra is universally recognized and acclaimed as a major writer and author in Hungarian literature.-Life:...
- Zsigmond MóriczZsigmond MóriczZsigmond Móricz was a major Hungarian novelist and Social Realist. He was among the earliest significant literary figures writing in Hungarian.- Early life and education :...
(1879–1942)
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- Péter NádasPéter NádasPéter Nádas is a Hungarian writer, playwright, and essayist.- Biography :He was born in Budapest as the son of László Nádas and Klára Tauber. After the takeover of the Hungarian Nazis, the Arrow Cross Party on 15 October 1944, Klára Tauber escaped with her son to Bačka and Novi Sad, but returned...
(1942–) - Ádám NádasdyÁdám NádasdyÁdám Nádasdy is a Hungarian linguist and poet. He is associate professor at the Department of English Linguistics of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest...
- Gáspár NagyGáspár NagyGáspár Nagy was a Hungarian poet and writer.-Life:He graduated from the Benedictine Grammar School of Pannonhalma where he studied Library Science in Szombathely, then Aesthetics and Sociology in Budapest....
- László NémethLászló NémethLászló Németh was a Hungarian dentist, writer, dramatist and essayist. He was born in Nagybánya the son of József Németh and Vilma Gaál . Over the Christmas of 1925, he married Ella Démusz , the daughter of János Démusz, a keeper of a public house. Between 1926 and 1944 they had six daughters, but...
(1903–1975) - Nicolaus OlahusNicolaus OlahusNicolaus Olahus ; January 10, 1493, Sibiu-January 15, 1568, Trnava/Nagyszombat) was the Archbishop of Esztergom, Primate of Hungary, and a distinguished Roman Catholic prelate.-Early life:...
- István ÖrkényIstván ÖrkényIstván Örkény was a Hungarian writer. A typical feature of his plays and novels is satiric view and creation of grotesque situations.- Life :...
(1912–1979) - Géza OttlikGéza OttlikGéza Ottlik was a Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and bridge theorist.He attended the military school at Kőszeg and Budapest, and studied mathematics and physics at Budapest University 1931-1935. After a brief career on Hungarian radio, he was a secretary of Hungarian PEN Club from...
(1912–1990)
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- Janus PannoniusJanus PannoniusJanus Pannonius was a Croatian and Hungarian Latinist, poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs.He was the only truly significant poet of the Renaissance in the Kingdom of Hungary and one of the better-known figures of Humanist poetry in Europe. He was born in a small village near the Drava river in a...
(1434–1472) - Lajos Parti Nagy (1953–)
- Péter PázmányPéter PázmányPéter Pázmány de Panasz was a Hungarian philosopher, theologian, catholic cardinal, pulpit orator and statesman. He was an important figure in the Counter-Reformation in Royal Hungary. He worked to convert Protestants back to Catholicism in Hungary.His most important legacy was his creation of the...
(1570–1637) - Jenő Péterfy (1850–1899)
- András PetőczAndrás PetöczAndrás Petőcz is a Hungarian writer and poet -Life:Petőcz began his career in literary life in 1981. He was the chief editor for over two years of the art periodical Jelenlét ., which was published by the Faculty of Humanities at the Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences in Budapest, and soon became...
(1959–) - Sándor PetőfiSándor PetofiSándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...
(1823–1849) - György PetriGyörgy PetriGyörgy Petri was a Hungarian poet.-Childhood and youth:He was born in 1943 to a multi-ethnic Jewish family in Budapest. After his father's death he was raised by his mother, grandparents and aunts...
(1943–2000) - János PilinszkyJános PilinszkyJános Pilinszky was a Hungarian poet.Well known within the Hungarian borders for his vast influence on postwar Hungarian poetry, Pilinszky’s style includes a juxtaposition of Roman Catholic faith and intellectual disenchantment...
(1921–1981)
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- Miklós RadnótiMiklós RadnótiMiklós Radnóti, birth name Miklós Glatter was a Hungarian poet who died in The Holocaust.-Personality and early life:...
(1909–1944) - Agnes RapaiAgnes RapaiThe native form of this personal name is Rapai Ágnes. This article uses the Western name order.Ágnes Rapai is a Hungarian poet, writer, and translator.-Biography:...
(1952–) - Jenő RejtőJeno RejtoJenő Rejtő was a Hungarian journalist, pulp fiction writer and playwright, who died as a forced labourer during World War II. He was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on March 29, 1905, and died in Yevdokovo, Soviet Union on January 1, 1943...
- Ferenc SántaFerenc SántaFerenc Sánta was a Hungarian novelist and film screenwriter. He was awarded the József Attila Prize in 1956 and 1964, and the prestigious Kossuth Prize in 1973.-Selected works:*Sokan voltunk, 1954...
(1927–2008) - György SchwajdaGyörgy SchwajdaGyörgy Schwajda was a Hungarian dramatist and theater director. Schwajda wrote several dramas and was the theater director of the city theater in Kaposvar.He died after a long serious illness in Kaposvar, Hungary....
- Henriett Seth-F.Henriett Seth-F.Henriett Seth F. is a Hungarian autistic savant poet, writer and artist became world famous with one book title Autizmussal önmagamba zárva and her one sentence on many cubes from her book made one monodrama, title...
(1980–), autistic writer - Tamás SiposTamás SiposTamás Sipos was a Hungarian writer and sports commentator. His book of biographical fiction, Dohánybarna selyemmellény , is based on his travails during the Nazi occupation of Hungary, during which he was imprisoned in a work camp and narrowly escaped death.-Works in Hungarian:*A harmadik menet...
(1931–2002) - György SpiróGyörgy SpiróGyörgy Spiró is a dramatist, novelist and essayist who has emerged as one of post-war Hungary's most prominent literary figures...
(1946–) - András SütőAndrás SütoAndrás Sütő was an ethnic Hungarian writer and politician in Romania, one of the leading Hungarian writers in the 20th century.-Early life and education:...
(1927–2006) - Dezső SzabóDezső Szabó (writer)Dezső Szabó , died January 5, 1945 in was a Hungarian linguist and writer noted for his nationalist and anti-semitic views...
(1879–1945) - Lőrinc SzabóLorinc SzabóLőrinc Szabó de Gáborján was a Hungarian poet and literary translator.-Biography:He was born in Miskolc as the son of an engine driver, Lőrinc Szabó sr., and Ilona Panyiczky. The family moved to Balassagyarmat when he was 3 years old. He attended school in Balassagyarmat and Debrecen. He studied...
(1901–1957) - Magda SzabóMagda SzabóMagda Szabó was a Hungarian writer, arguably Hungary's foremost woman novelist. She also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memories and poetry....
(1917–2007) - Sándor SzathmáriSándor SzathmáriSzathmári Sándor was a Hungarian writer, mechanical engineer, Esperantist, one of the leading figures in Esperanto literature.-Family background:Szathmári was born in Gyula...
- István SzéchenyiIstván SzéchenyiSzéchenyi committed suicide by a shot to his head on April 8, 1860. All Hungary mourned his death. The Academy was in official mourning, along with the most prominent persons of the leading political and cultural associations...
, comte (1791–1860) - Mária SzepesMária SzepesMária Szepes was a Hungarian author. She worked as a journalist and screenwriter, as well as an independent author in the field of hermetic philosophy since 1941. She would sometimes write under the pseudonyms Mária Papir or Mária Orsi.-Life:...
- Antal SzerbAntal SzerbAntal Szerb was a noted Hungarian scholar and writer. He is recognized as one of the major Hungarian literary personalities of the 20th century.-Life and work:...
(1901–1945) - Ede SzigligetiEde SzigligetiEde Szigligeti was a Hungarian dramatist.He was born József Szathmáry, at Nagyvárad-Olaszi . His parents would have made him a priest; he wanted to be a great doctor; finally he entered the office of an engineer...
- István Szilágyi (1819–1897)
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- Áron TamásiÁron TamásiÁron Tamási was a Hungarian writer. He became well-known in his native region of Transylvania and in Hungary for his stories written in his original Székely style.-Biography:...
(1897–1966) - Józsi Jenő Tersánszky (1888–1969)
- Sebestyén Tinódi LantosSebestyén Tinódi LantosSebestyén "Lantos" Tinódi was a 16th century Hungarian lyricist, epic poet, political historian, and minstrel.- Biography :...
- Mihály TompaMihály TompaMihály Tompa , Hungarian lyric poet, was born in Rimaszombat, in the county of Gömör, his father being village bootmaker....
- István Tömörkény (1866–1917)
- Cécile TormayCécile TormayCécile Tormay was a Hungarian writer.In 1919 she began expressing her political views, and opposed the Béla Kun regime...
- Árpád TóthÁrpád TóthÁrpád Tóth was a Hungarian poet and translator.Tóth went to Gymnasium in Debrecen and then studied German and Hungarian at the University of Budapest. In 1907, he poems began to appear in the papers A Hét and Vasárnapi Újság and after 1908 in Nyugat...
(1886–1928) - Kálmán TóthKálmán TóthKálmán Tóth was a Hungarian poet. He was born in Baja. The main theme of his poetry was love.He studied at the Franciscan Gymnasium in Baja between 1839 and 1845. Tóth was the best student in his class. He was a novice for a short time, but then started to study law...
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- János Vajda (1825–1897)
- Miklós VámosMiklós Vámos]Miklós Vámos originally Tibor Vámos, is a Hungarian writer, novelist, screenwriter, translator and talkshow host, who has published 33 books.-Biography:...
- Győrgy Végh (1919–1982)
- Péter VeresPéter VeresPéter Veres was a Hungarian politician and writer, who served as Minister of Defence from 1947 to 1948.-References:*...
- Mihály VörösmartyMihály VörösmartyMihály Vörösmarty was an important Hungarian poet and dramatist.He was born at Puszta-Nyék , of a noble Roman Catholic family. His father was a steward of the Nádasdys. Mihály was educated at Székesfehérvár by the Cistercians and at Pest by the Piarists...
(1800–1855) - Albert Wass (1908–1998)
- Sándor WeöresSándor WeöresSándor Weöres was a Hungarian poet and author.Born in Szombathely, Weöres was brought up in the nearby village of Csönge. His first poems appeared when he was nineteen, being published in the influential journal Nyugat through the acceptance of its editor, the poet Mihály Babits...
(1913–1989) - Lajos ZilahyLajos ZilahyLajos Zilahy was a Hungarian novelist and playwright. Born in Nagyszalonta in Transylvania, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary, a province in Austria-Hungary, he studied law at the University of Budapest before serving in the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War, in which he was...
(1891–1974) - Peter ZilahyPeter ZilahyPéter Zilahy is a writer and performer whose prose and poetry has been widely translated and who has often used photography, interactive media and performance art in his work.-Literary work:...
(1970–) - Miklós Zrínyi (1620–1664)
- Péter ZsoldosPéter ZsoldosPéter Zsoldos was a Hungarian science fiction author who largely wrote about themes common in US/UK science fiction like space travel and robots. His best known work is probably Ellenpont, which translates as Counterpoint...
- Béla ZsoltBéla ZsoltBéla Zsolt was the Hungarian author of one of the earliest Holocaust memoirs, Nine Suitcases translated into English by Ladislaus Lob. Zsolt was born on 1 August 1895 in Komárom and died on 2 June 1949 in Budapest...