Attila Henrik Szabó (born January 31, 1970) is a Hungarian born writer, translator, television and radio journalist, producer, communications expert.

Life

Attila Henrik Szabó was born in

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. He graduated from the University of

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in 1994. He taught English language at a Budapest city highschool and a popular private language school for over three years. He studied translation and interpretation from Istvan Geher at

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's leading university, ELTE from 1994 to 1996. He completed the

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course in Radio Journalism and the

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course in Television and Radio Journalism and Basic Broadcast Techniques in 1996. He worked as an editor at the Hungarian Radio then he secured a job with the Hungarian Television. Soon after the first Hungarian commercial television channels were established in 1997 he became a producer at

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, the first commercial terrestrial channel available. He published several articles and books of many genres. He worked for

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, England's leading PR agency from 2008 to 2011. He translated television series (

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) from

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into Hungarian. He is an author of several popular books in Hungary. In 2012 he moved to the UK and lives there with his family.

Media career

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(Peoples' Freefom) (1995–1997) – political daily, journalist * 168 óra (168 Hours) (1995–1997) – political weekly, journalist * Szonda (The Probe,

) (1995–1998) – science, editor * Mindennapi Tudomány (Every Day Science,

) (1995–1998) – science, editor * Krónika (Chronicles,

) (1995–1998) – news, editor * Reggeli csúcs (Morning Peak,

) (1995–1996) – news, editor * Tudományos Híradó (Science News, Hungarian Television) (1996–1998) – science news, editor *

Híradó ''Híradó'' (or often ''M1 Híradó'' for clarity, means ''News Station'' or ''M1 News'') is the main news program of MTVA, the Hungarian public broadcaster. It was broadcast daily on M1 at 19:30 before 15 March 2015. Since then M1 became a ...

(Evening News, Hungarian Television) (1996–1998) – news, editor * Delta (Delta, Hungarian Television) (1996–1998) – science, editor * Repeta (Repeat IT, Hungarian Television) (1996–1998) – education, editor * Mélyvíz (Deep Water, Hungarian Television) (1996–1998) – talk show, editor * Miénk itt a tér (This Place Is Ours,

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) (1996–1998) – education, editor * A-Z tudományos magazin (A-Z Science News,

) (1997–1998) – science, editor * Tények (Evening News, TV2) (1997–1999) – news, editor * Klik informatikai magazin (Click, TV2) (1997–1998) – IT magazine, editor * Kuk@c informatikai magazin (@,

) (1997–1998) – IT magazine, producer * Háló@Világ informatikai magazin (Web@World,

) (1999–2001) – IT magazine, producer * ModemIdők (Modem Times,

) (1999) – IT magazine, producer * InfoKrónika (InfoChronicles,

) (1999) – IT news, producer * Jó reggelt, Magyarország! (Good Morning Hungary,

) (2000) – news, producer * Informatikai Híradó (IT News, Hungarian Television) (2005) – news, producer

Public relations

* Media and crisis management trainings for company executives from 1998 *

(2008–2010) – Senior Advisor, Head of Media and Creative

Translations

* Poems (1998–) * Books (1998–) * Television series and one offs (Science) (

, Discovery World, Discovery Science) from English into Hungarian (2011–)

Awards, memberships

Joseph Pulitzer Joseph Pulitzer ( ; born Pulitzer József, ; April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American politician and newspaper publisher of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' and the ''New York World''. He became a leading national figure in ...

Memorial Award, (1998) Radio Journalist,

* Member of the British Mensa

Books published

* Idézetek könyve (Big Book of Quotes) (1998) – 400 pages * Idézetek könyve (Big Book of Quotes) (2002) – 399 pages, * Nagy emberek nagy mondásai (Great Sayings from Great Men) (2009) – 208 pages, * Öreg néne Győzikéje, válogatott celebmesék (Celebrity Tales) (2011) – 168 pages,

Sources

Kreatív Magazin (Creative, marketing magazine)

Attila Henrik Szabó's resume on Prezi

Article, Weborvos (WebDoctor)

''Magyarul Bábelben''
(Hungarian

Tower of Babel The Tower of Babel ( he, , ''Mīgdal Bāḇel'') narrative in Genesis 11:1–9 is an origin myth meant to explain why the world's peoples speak different languages. According to the story, a united human race speaking a single language and mi ...

) – poems translated by Attila Henrik Szabó
Dokk.hu – Attila Henrik Szabó

Index.hu

Other relevant information

Celeb 24 – Öreg néne Győzikéje (Celebrity Tales)

Attila Henrik Szabó's Books

Libri Aranykönyv (Libri Golden Book Award) 2011

Comedy Central
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