László Kovács ( sl, Laci Kovač, Ladislav Kovač; December 15, 1950) is a Hungarian Slovene-language writer, amateur actor, and beekeeper. Kovács was born in Vashegyalja, Vas county,

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

(today

Kétvölgy Kétvölgy ( sl, Verica-Ritkarovci, ger, Permisch und Riegersdorf) is a village in Vas county, Hungary. Lived and worked in Kétvölgy Károly Doncsecz potter, Master of folk art. See also * Terézia Zakoucs Terézia Zakoucs (born Terézia ...

). His father, Vilmos Kovács, is of Hungarian descent, and his mother was a Slovene, Mária Zankócs. In the 1970s and 2000s, he taught in

Apátistvánfalva Apátistvánfalva ( sl, Števanovci, german: Stephansdorf) is a village in Vas County, Hungary. Notable residents * Károly Krajczár (born 1936), Hungarian Slovene teacher * Ferenc Marics (1791–1844), Hungarian teacher * Antal Stevanecz (1861 ...

. Between 1998 and 2006 he was the mayor of

. Kovács led the amateur theatrical company Veseli Pajdaši after Irén Barbér's death and authored a few comedies in

Prekmurje Slovene Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, East Slovene, or Wendish ( sl, prekmurščina, prekmursko narečje, hu, vend nyelv, muravidéki nyelv, Prekmurje dialect: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmör ...

, and with his group received the national prize ''A Nemzetiségi Hagyományok Átörökítéséért'' (For the Legacy of Minority Cultures) in 2010 at the ARCUSFEST international theater festival in Budapest. Kovács is also a recognized beekeeper in the Slovene region of Hungary, who uses the old traditional apiary methods and produces some specialty honey.Porabje, Časopis Slovencev na Madžarskem 17. oktobra, 2013.

Notes

Literature

* Franci Just: ''Besede iz Porabja, besede za Porabja'', Franc-Franc,

Murska Sobota Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; german: Olsnitz;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. hu, Muraszombat) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the ...

2003. * Franci Just: ''Porabje'', Franc-Franc, Murska Sobota 2009. * Bea Baboš Logar: Prekmurska narečna slovstvena ustvarjalnost – mednarodno znanstveno srečanje: prekmurščina zanimiva tudi za tuje znanstvenike, ''Vestnik'' July 17, 2003.

External links

Magyarországi Nemzetiségi Színházi Szövetség – Szlovén színházak

Az apátistvánfalvi Vidám Barátok amatőr színjátszócsoport premierje (apatistvanfalva.hu)

A MSzSz apátistvánfalvi Vidám barátok színjátszó Csoportja (Zveza Slovencev na Madžarskem/Magyarországi Szlovének Szövetsége)

Television interview Gotthardtv.hu

Slovenski utrinki (2011-07-07)
1950 births Living people Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary Slovene educators Hungarian educators Slovenian beekeepers Mayors of places in Hungary {{Hungary-mayor-stub