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Balassa is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bálint Balassa (1554–1594), Hungarian poet ** Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award, Hungarian literary award * Béla Balassa (1928–1991), Hungarian economist ** Balassa-Samuelson effect * János Balassa János Balassa (1815–1868) was a surgeon, university professor, and one of the leading personalities of the Hungarian medical society at the time. He was also an internationally recognized authority within the field of plastic surgery.Benedek 198 ... (1815–1893), Hungarian surgeon See also * Bălașa {{surname, Balassa Hungarian-language surnames ...
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Béla Balassa
Béla Alexander Balassa (6 April 1928 – 10 May 1991) was a Hungarian economist and professor at Johns Hopkins University and a consultant for the World Bank. Balassa is best known for his work on the relationship between purchasing power parity and cross-country productivity differences (the Balassa–Samuelson effect). He is also known for his work on revealed comparative advantage. Balassa received a law degree from the University of Budapest. He left Hungary after the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and went to Austria. While there, he received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to study at Yale University, where he received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics in 1958 and 1959, respectively. He won the John Addison Porter Prize for 1959. Balassa also did extensive consulting work for the World Bank, serving as an advisor about development and trade policy. According to an authoritative history of the Bank, Balassa was "a protagonist of the Bank's conceptual transformati ...
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János Balassa
János Balassa (1815–1868) was a surgeon, university professor, and one of the leading personalities of the Hungarian medical society at the time. He was also an internationally recognized authority within the field of plastic surgery.Benedek 1983b:107 Professor of Surgery, (1843-) at the University of Pest, (Hungary). János Balassa was a pioneer of cardiac resuscitation (CPR) and carried out the first reported case of external heart massage. In the aftermath of the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1848 where Hungary sought independence from the Austrian Empire, he was temporarily removed from his professorship and imprisoned by the Habsburg authorities. Balassa was Ignaz Semmelweis's colleague and house doctor. He was in the medical commission that referred Semmelweis to a mental institution, other members were János Bókai János Bókai (1822–1884, full name in Hungarian Idősebb Bókai János) was a Hungarian University professor,Benedek 1983:107 pediatrician and the dire ...
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Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award
The Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award is a European award for literature presented in Budapest since 1997. The native form of this name is Balassi Bálint-emlékkard ( Balassi Bálint-emlékkard). This award commemorates the 16th century Hungarian poet Bálint Balassi. The memorial sword is presented annually to an outstanding Hungarian poet, and to a foreign poet for excellence in translation of Hungarian literature, including the works of Balassi. The sword itself is a replica of those sabres that the 16th century Hungarian cavalry wore during the sieges of fortresses. They are the work of a contemporary swordsmith. This award is presented each year on Bálint's (Valentine's) Day, February 14, in the city of Buda. The celebration venue is traditionally the Hotel Gellért. The advisory board The founder of the new award is Pal Molnar journalist, his fellows are ''Gabriella Lőcsei'' journalist, ''József Zelnik'' writer and ''András Rubovszky'' hotelier. In addition, all p ...
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Bălașa
Bălașa is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Cristian Bălașa (born 1972), Romanian football player and manager * Daniel Bălașa (born 1981), Romanian footballer * Mihai Bălașa (born 1995), Romanian footballer * Sabin Bălașa (1932–2008), Romanian painter See also * Valentín Balaša *Balassa Balassa is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bálint Balassa (1554–1594), Hungarian poet ** Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award, Hungarian literary award * Béla Balassa (1928–1991), Hungarian economist ** Balass ... {{surname Romanian-language surnames ...
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Bálint Balassa
Bálint or Balint is a Hungarian surname derived from Valentinushttps://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=balint. Surname *Alice Balint (born Alice Székely-Kovács) (1898–1939), Hungarian psychoanalyst *András Bálint (born 1943), Hungarian actor * Dorel Balint (born 1969), Romanian footballer * Endre Bálint (1914–1986), Hungarian painter and graphic artist *Eszter Balint, Hungarian singer, songwriter, violinist, and actress *Gabi Balint (born 1963), Romanian football manager and former player * György Bálint (originally surname Braun; 1919–2020), Hungarian horticulturist, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, journalist, author, and politician who served as an MP. *Lajos Bálint (1929–2010), Romanian archbishop *László Balint (born 1979), Romanian football manager and former player of Hungarian descent *László Bálint (born 1948), Hungarian former football player *Michael Balint (1896–1970), Hungarian psychoanalyst * Rezső Bálint (1874–192 ...
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