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Magvető is a Hungarian book publishing company based in Budapest. It primarily publishes domestic and international works of literary fiction.
Magvető was established in 1955 as a publisher of the Magyar Írók Szövetsége (now the
History
Magvető was established in 1955 as a publisher of the Magyar Írók Szövetsége (now the Hungarian Writers' Association The Hungarian Writers Union (also known as The Free Union of Hungarian Writers) was founded in 1945 at the end of World War II. Initially the union was intended to be an organizational body through which the interests of writers in Hungary could be ...
). Its main task was to publish contemporary Hungarian fiction and classical Hungarian literature. However, it also published world literature works since it was founded. Upon its founding, a special competitive situation was created within the framework of the state socialist system between Magvető and the similar publisher Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó. It soon became apparent that works which differed from the mainstream of literary policy, which provoked political or aesthetic debates, were more likely to be published by Magvető. Such works included Endre Fejes
Endre Fejes (15 September 1923 – 25 August 2015) was a Kossuth Prize and Attila József Prize-winning Hungarian author, and a founding member of the Digital Literary Academy, with his literary works often based on working life.
Literary care ...
's '' Rozsdatemető'', Géza Ottlik
Géza Ottlik (9 May 1912 – 9 October 1990) was a Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and bridge theorist. According to an American obituary bridge column, he was known in Hungary as "the ultimate authority on Hungarian prose".
Bi ...
's '' Hajnali háztetők'' and Ferenc Sánta
Ferenc Sánta (September 4, 1927 – June 6, 2008) 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.Iván Mándy,
From March 2015 to June 2016, Magvető was led by Krisztián Nyáry, who then continued his work as the creative director of Líra Könyv Zrt. He was succeeded on 1 July 2016 by , formerly Editor-in-Chief, as director of the publisher. The longest-serving employee of the publisher was Györgyi Bezúr, a technical manager who worked continuously at Magvető from 1961 to the end of 2016.
Új Termés
worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
* Világkönyvtár (English, "World Library") – contemporary works of world literature
Miklós Mészöly Miklós () is a given name or surname, the Hungarian form of the Greek (English ''Nicholas''), and may refer to:
In Hungarian politics
* Miklós Bánffy, Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist
* Miklós Horthy, Regent of the Kingdom of Hun ...
, László Nagy, Ágnes Nemes Nagy
Ágnes Nemes Nagy (January 3, 1922 – August 23, 1991) was a Hungarian poet, writer, educator, and translator.
She was born in Budapest and earned a teaching diploma from the University of Budapest. From 1945 to 1953, she was employed by ...
, Géza Ottlik
Géza Ottlik (9 May 1912 – 9 October 1990) was a Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and bridge theorist. According to an American obituary bridge column, he was known in Hungary as "the ultimate authority on Hungarian prose".
Bi ...
, Ottó Orbán, István Örkény
István György Örkény (5 April 1912, Budapest – 24 June 1979, Budapest) was a Hungarian writer whose plays and novels often featured grotesque situations. He was a recipient of the Kossuth Prize in 1973.
Biography
He was born to a wealthy ...
, Magda Szabó és Sándor Weöres
Sándor Weöres (; 22 June 1913 – 22 January 1989) was a Hungarian poet and author.
Born in Szombathely, Weöres was brought up in the nearby village of Csönge. His first poems were published when he was fourteen, in the influential journ ...
is.
After 1956, the publisher was "confiscated" from the association. Previously, the publisher's own shop, the Magvető bookstore on Szent István Boulevard
Nagykörút or Grand Boulevard (sometimes ''Great Boulevard'', lit. "Big Ring Road") is one of the most central and busiest parts of Budapest, a major thoroughfare built by 1896, Hungary's Millennium. It forms a semicircle connecting two bridg ...
, also distributed the publisher's works. However, after the 1956 change of regime in Socialist Hungary, it merged into the network of the Libri book distribution company.
Management
The founder of Magvető was the secretary of the Writers' Association,Géza Képes
Géza Képes (February 1, 1909, Mátészalka, Hungary – August 19, 1989, Budapest, Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the no ...
, a poet and translator. Képes served as co-director of Magvető with Géza Hegedüs Géza is a Hungarian given name and may refer to any of the following:
* Benjamin Géza Affleck
* Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
* Géza I of Hungary, King of Hungary
* Géza II of Hungary, King of Hungary
* Géza, son of Géza II of Hungar ...
. János Pilinszky also worked as a proofreader on the publisher's first volumes. The founding director had to leave Magvető in 1957 due to his activities during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and was replaced by Ferenc Vadász
Ferenc () is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François, Frank and Franz. People with the name include:
* Ferenc Batthyány, Hungarian magnate and general
* Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian artist
* ...
. In 1961, György Kardos became the head of the Magvető. Kardos previously served as a Lieutenant Colonel working in military intelligence for the State Protection Authority (ÁVH). Kardos is the longest-serving director Magvető, having served for approximately 25 years. During his tenure as its director, Magvető became one of the most successful Hungarian publishing companies of the time. It published the works of many important writers including Berkesi András, István Csurka, , György Moldova
:''The native form of this personal name is Moldova György. This article uses the Western name order.''
György Moldova (12 March 1934 – 4 June 2022) was the author of more than seventy books in Hungary that have collectively sold more than 1 ...
and Magda Szabó. However, it also launched the careers of many young writers who did not have the opportunity to publish elsewhere. Kardos was followed by critic Miklós Jovánovics Miklós () is a given name or surname, the Hungarian form of the Greek (English ''Nicholas''), and may refer to:
In Hungarian politics
* Miklós Bánffy, Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist
* Miklós Horthy, Regent of the Kingdom of Hun ...
and editor Mária Hegedős, respectively, as director of Magvető.
In 1993, it transformed into a publishing company (kft.-vé). It was then purchased by Líra és Lant Kereskedelmi Rt. (now Líra Könyv Zrt.) and has been operating independently within the Líra publishing group ever since. From 1995 to 2015, Géza Morcsányi
Géza Morcsányi (28 August 1952 – 4 January 2023) was a Hungarian actor, dramaturg, translator, and university professor. His debut film role was as Endre in the 2017 drama film '' On Body and Soul'', the Hungarian entry for Best Foreign Lang ...
was the head of the publisher. Under Morcsányi's leadership, Magvető became one of the most prestigious Hungarian fiction publishers, where the works of the most prestigious Hungarian authors of the turn of the millennium were published, including Imre Kertész, the only Hungarian recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
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. Magvető is a member of the (MKKE). Magvető was presented the MKKE's "Publisher of the Year" award in 2003, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2013.
From March 2015 to June 2016, Magvető was led by Krisztián Nyáry, who then continued his work as the creative director of Líra Könyv Zrt. He was succeeded on 1 July 2016 by , formerly Editor-in-Chief, as director of the publisher. The longest-serving employee of the publisher was Györgyi Bezúr, a technical manager who worked continuously at Magvető from 1961 to the end of 2016.
Series and sales
Magvető published ' (1974–1994) and the series of books in the Rakéta Regénytár (popularly abbreviated as ''Ra-Re''; from 1978). Successful book series include ''Világkönyvtár'', ''Magvető Kiskönyvtár'' and ''Új Termés'', which introduces the first-volume poets. Successful book series include ''Világkönyvtár'', ''Magvető Kiskönyvtár'' and ''Új Termés'', which introduces the first-volume poets. Magvető also publishes the ''Gyorsuló idő'' educational series as well as the ' memoirs series. In 1963, Magvető launched ', which has been a defining annual anthology of contemporary poetry ever since. An anthology of the most important Hungarian novellas, entitled ''Körkép'', has been published by Magvető since 1964. Within a decade after its founding, Magvető became one of the most influential Hungarian cultural institutions. In 1966, Magvető published more than two million copies. It continuously increased its output over time and, in 1981, Magvető published 5.4 million books. Today, it published a total of 6.4 million of the entire Hungarian literary book production.Authors
Among the poets, Ferenc Juhász's collection of poetry entitled ''A virágok hatalma'' was published by Magvető in 1955. Cartoonist Tibor Kaján's book entitled ''Kaján rajzok'' was also published by Magvető in 1955. It also publishedEndre Fejes
Endre Fejes (15 September 1923 – 25 August 2015) was a Kossuth Prize and Attila József Prize-winning Hungarian author, and a founding member of the Digital Literary Academy, with his literary works often based on working life.
Literary care ...
's volume of short stories entitled ''A hazudós'' in 1958.
In addition to publishing the works of Hungarian writers already recognized by critics and the public audience, Magvető also focuses on publishing the debut works of young talented writers who are early in their careers, and promotes the continued output of these writers. Among others, Magvető publishes the works of Tibor Babiczky Tibor is a masculine given name found throughout Europe.
There are several explanations for the origin of the name:
* from Latin name Tiberius, which means "from Tiber", Tiber being a river in Rome.
* in old Slavic languages, Tibor means "sacred pl ...
, Péter Bognár, Renátó Fehér, Ákos Győrffy, Lili Kemény
''Lili'' is a 1953 American film released by MGM. It stars Leslie Caron as a touchingly naïve French girl whose emotional relationship with a carnival puppeteer is conducted through the medium of four puppets. The film won the Academy Award fo ...
, Noémi Kiss
Noémi Kiss (born in 1974 in Gödöllő) is a Hungarian writer, whose works have been translated into English, German, Bulgarian, Romanian and Serbian. The German press considered Kiss as one of the most promising writers of her generation.
Biog ...
, Tibor Noé Kiss Tibor is a masculine given name found throughout Europe.
There are several explanations for the origin of the name:
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* in old Slavic languages, Tibor means "sacred pl ...
, , András Maros
András () is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian form of '' Andrew''. Notable people with the name include:
* András Ádám-Stolpa (born 1921), Hungarian tennis player
* András Adorján (born 1950), Hungarian writer
* András Ágost ...
, Koppány Zsolt Nagy
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, László Potozky
László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being freque ...
, Csaba Székely
Csaba () is a Hungarian given name for males. Csaba is the native Hungarian name for Ernak, the youngest son of Attila the Hun.''Gesta Hungarorum'', Simon Keza, Edited and translated by Laszlo Veszpremy and Frank Schaer with a study by Jeno Szucs ...
, Petra Szőcs
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, Kinga Tóth, Benedek Totth Benedek is a Hungarian name which can be either a surname or a given name. It is the Hungarian name equivalent to Benedict. It may refer to:
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* Dalma Ružičić-Benedek (born 1982), a Hungarian-born Serbian sprint canoer
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.
The honours the best Hungarian contemporary fiction from the previous year. In 2015, 77 works of fiction were nominated for the 10th anniversary of the AEGON Art Award. Based on the decision of the jury, the works of ten authors advanced to the second round, eight of which were published by Magvető. As of 2020, the award has been won by 11 books published by Magvető since the award's inception in 2006:
* 2006 – ''Fogság'' by György Spiró
* 2007 – ''Visszaút az időben'' by Zsuzsa Rakovszky
Zsuzsa Rakovszky (born 4 December 1950) is a Hungarian translator and writer. Her surname also appears as Rakovsky.
She was born in Sopron and earned a teaching certificate in Hungarian and English from the School of English and American Studi ...
* 2008 – ''Asztalizene'' by János Térey
* 2009 – ''Önkéntes vak. Versek, 2006–2007'' by Tamás Jónás
* 2011 – ''Esti'' by Péter Esterházy
* 2012 – ''Mellettem elférsz'' by Krisztián Grecsó
* 2014 – ''Boldog észak. Aimé Billion mesél'' by Árpád Kun
* 2016 – ''Távozó fa. Versek, 2005–2014'' by Imre Oravecz
* 2017 – '' Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming'' by László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai (; born 5 January 1954) is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter known for difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels '' ...
* 2019 – ''A Vak Remény'' by Zsuzsa Takács
* 2020 – ''Jól láthatóan lógok itt'' by Ádám Nádasdy
Magvető publishes the most Hungarian authors from abroad: after Budapest, most Magvető writers were born or raised in Cluj-Napoca
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, Romania. Péter Esterházy was Magvető's oldest published author, having published all of his works since the beginning of his career in the 1970s. As of 2015, the oldest active author of Magvető is Imre Kertész, 85, and the youngest is Lili Kemény
''Lili'' is a 1953 American film released by MGM. It stars Leslie Caron as a touchingly naïve French girl whose emotional relationship with a carnival puppeteer is conducted through the medium of four puppets. The film won the Academy Award fo ...
, 22.
Magvető continuously publishes several 20th-century Hungarian classical literature or other major works, including the works of Géza Csáth
Géza Csáth (; born József Brenner; February 13, 1887 – September 11, 1919) was a Hungarian writer, playwright, musician, music critic, psychiatrist, and physician. He was the cousin of Dezső Kosztolányi.
Life
Géza Csáth (pen name of Jó ...
, Péter Hajnóczy, G. Gyorgy Kardos
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, Gyula Krúdy
Gyula Krúdy (21 October 1878 – 12 May 1933) was a Hungarian writer and journalist.
Biography
Gyula Krúdy was born in Nyíregyháza, Austria-Hungary. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a maid working for the Krúdy family. His ...
, Alexander Lenard, Ottó Orbán, Géza Ottlik
Géza Ottlik (9 May 1912 – 9 October 1990) was a Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and bridge theorist. According to an American obituary bridge column, he was known in Hungary as "the ultimate authority on Hungarian prose".
Bi ...
, György Petri
György Petri (22 December 1943 – 16 July 2000) was a Hungarian poet.
Childhood and youth
He was born in 1943 to a multi-ethnic family in Budapest. After his father's death he was raised by his mother, grandparents and aunts. According to his ...
, Szilárd Rubin Szilárd or Szilard is a Hungarian given name or surname. It is a Hungarian version (literary translation) of the name Constantine. It may refer to:
People First name
*Szilárd Bogdánffy (1911–1953), Hungarian catholic bishop
*Szilárd Borbé ...
, Miklós Szentkuthy
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, Antal Szerb
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Life and career
Szerb was born in 1901 to assimilate ...
and Sándor Tar
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* Sándor Apponyi (1844–1925) was a Hungarian diplomat, bibliophile, bibliographer and great book collector
*Sándor Bol ...
.
When publishing translations of contemporary works of world literature, Magvető selects works of the same quality that its readers are accustomed to and expect from in the field of classical and contemporary Hungarian literature. Some major foreign works Magvető has published includes works by Andrzej Stasiuk
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, Anna Gavalda, César Aira
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, Charles Frazier, Colum McCann, Cormac McCarthy, Daniel Kehlmann, Elena Ferrante, Frank McCourt
Francis McCourt (August 19, 1930July 19, 2009) was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book ''Angela's Ashes'', a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.
Early life and education
Frank McC ...
, Gabriel García Márquez, Juan Marsé
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, Hitomi Kanehara, Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Mariam Petrosyan
Mariam Petrosyan ( hy, Մարիամ Պետրոսյան, born 10 August 1969) is an Armenian painter, cartoonist and Russian-language novelist. She is most well known as the author of the award-winning novel '' The Gray House'' (2009), translated ...
, Michel Houellebecq, Terézia Mora
Terézia Mora (; born 5 February 1971) is a Hungarian writer, screenwriter and translator.
Early life and education
Terézia Mora was born in Sopron, Hungary, to a family with German roots and grew up bilingual. She moved to Germany after th ...
and Thomas Pynchon.
Magvető Café
On 11 April 2017, Magvető opened a café named Magvető Café on Dohány Street in Budapest. It serves as a meeting place for authors and readers. Books published by Magvető are sold inside. The café serves coffee, wines and breakfast.Directors
*Géza Képes
Géza Képes (February 1, 1909, Mátészalka, Hungary – August 19, 1989, Budapest, Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the no ...
and Géza Hegedüs Géza is a Hungarian given name and may refer to any of the following:
* Benjamin Géza Affleck
* Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians
* Géza I of Hungary, King of Hungary
* Géza II of Hungary, King of Hungary
* Géza, son of Géza II of Hungar ...
(1955–1957)
*Ferenc Vadász
Ferenc () is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François, Frank and Franz. People with the name include:
* Ferenc Batthyány, Hungarian magnate and general
* Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian artist
* ...
(1957–1961)
* György Kardos (6 October 1961 – 1986)
*Miklós Jovánovics Miklós () is a given name or surname, the Hungarian form of the Greek (English ''Nicholas''), and may refer to:
In Hungarian politics
* Miklós Bánffy, Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist
* Miklós Horthy, Regent of the Kingdom of Hun ...
(1986–1990)
* Mária Hegedős (1990–1993)
*Géza Morcsányi
Géza Morcsányi (28 August 1952 – 4 January 2023) was a Hungarian actor, dramaturg, translator, and university professor. His debut film role was as Endre in the 2017 drama film '' On Body and Soul'', the Hungarian entry for Best Foreign Lang ...
(1995–2015)
* Krisztián Nyáry (2015–2016)
* Anna Dávid (2016–)
Book series
* Gyorsuló idő (English, "Accelerating Time") – general knowledge series (since 1975) * Harminc év (English, "Thirty Years") – the most significant works of post- World War II Hungarian literature (up to 1980, jointly with Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó) * Időmérték (English, "Timeline") * Körkép (English, "Panorama") – anthology of novellas * Magvető Kiskönyvtár (English, "Magvető Small Library") * Magvető novellárium (English, "Magvető Short Story") * Magvető Remekírók (English, "Magvető Great Writers") *Magvető Zsebkönyvtár
Magvető is a Hungarian book publishing company based in Budapest. It primarily publishes domestic and international works of literary fiction.
History
Magvető was established in 1955 as a publisher of the Magyar Írók Szövetsége (now the ...
(English, "Magvető Pocket Library")
* Milleniumi Könyvtár (English, "Millennium Library")
* Nemzet és emlékezet (English, "Nation and Memory")
* (English, "From Idea to Movie")
* és Rakéta Regénytár (English, "Rocket Novel Newspaper" and "Rocket Novel")
* Rivalda – anthology of plays
* Szép versek (English, "Beautiful Poems") – anthology of poetry
* Tények és tanúk (English, "Facts and Witnesses") – autobiographies, memoirs
* Új Termés (English, "New Crop") – first-volume poetsworldcat.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
Notable publications
*Tibor Déry
Tibor Déry (18 October 1894 in Budapest – 18 August 1977 in Budapest) was a Hungarian writer and poet. He also wrote under the names Tibor Dániel and Pál Verdes.
György Lukács praised Dery as being "the greatest depicter of human b ...
: ''Niki: The Story of a Dog'' (1956)
* Géza Ottlik
Géza Ottlik (9 May 1912 – 9 October 1990) was a Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and bridge theorist. According to an American obituary bridge column, he was known in Hungary as "the ultimate authority on Hungarian prose".
Bi ...
: ''School at the Frontier'' (1959)
* Endre Fejes
Endre Fejes (15 September 1923 – 25 August 2015) was a Kossuth Prize and Attila József Prize-winning Hungarian author, and a founding member of the Digital Literary Academy, with his literary works often based on working life.
Literary care ...
: ''Rozsdatemető'' (1962)
* Ferenc Sánta
Ferenc Sánta (September 4, 1927 – June 6, 2008) 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.Imre Kertész: '' Fatelessness ''(1975)
* Péter Esterházy: ''Termelési-regény (kisssregény)'' (1979)
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László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai (; born 5 January 1954) is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter known for difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels '' ...
: '' Satantango'' (1985)
* László Krasznahorkai: '' The Melancholy of Resistance'' (1989)
* Péter Esterházy: ''Harmonia cælestis'' (2000)
* Attila Bartis
Attila Bartis (born 1968) is a Romanian-born Hungarian writer, photographer, dramatist and journalist. He received the Attila József Prize in 2005. His books have been translated into over 20 different languages. In 2001, he published his second ...
: ''Tranquility
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'' (2001)
* László Krasznahorkai: '' Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming'' (2016)
* Zsuzsa Takács: ''A Vak Remény'' (2018)
Notable authors
*Zsófia Bán Zsófia Bán (born September 23, 1957, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a writer, literary historian, essayist and art and literature critic.
Personal life
Zsófia Bán grew up in Rio de Janeiro as the child of Jewish parents. In 1969, she and her fa ...
* Attila Bartis
Attila Bartis (born 1968) is a Romanian-born Hungarian writer, photographer, dramatist and journalist. He received the Attila József Prize in 2005. His books have been translated into over 20 different languages. In 2001, he published his second ...
* László Bertók
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* Ádám Bodor
* Ildikó Boldizsár
* Centauri
* László Csabai
László () is a Hungarian language, Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a histo ...
* András Cserna-Szabó
András () is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian form of ''Andrew''. Notable people with the name include:
* András Ádám-Stolpa (born 1921), Hungarian tennis player
* András Adorján (born 1950), Hungarian writer
* András Ágosto ...
* László Darvasi
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* György Dragomán
György Dragomán (born 10 September 1973) is a Hungarian author and literary translator. His best-known work, ''The White King'' (2005) has been translated to at least 28 languages.
He was born in Târgu Mureș (''Marosvásárhely'') Transylva ...
* Virág Erdős Virág is a Hungarian surname and feminine given name, meaning ’flower’ in Hungarian.
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Bálint Virág (born 1973), Hungarian mathematician
* Béla Virág (born 1976), Hungarian footballer
Giv ...
* Péter Esterházy
* László Garaczi
László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being freq ...
* Krisztián Grecsó
Krisztián Grecsó (born 18 May 1976) is a Hungarian writer, poet and editor.
Biography
Grecsó was born in Szegvár on 18 May 1976. His younger brother, , is a dancer and choreographer. He graduated from the in Csongrád. In 2001, he received ...
* Péter György
* Viktor Horváth
Viktor Horváth (born 26 February 1978, Székesfehérvár) is a modern pentathlete from Hungary. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished nineteenth in the men's event, with a score of 5,272 points.
Horváth als ...
* Péter Kántor
* István Kemény
* Imre Kertész
* András Ferenc Kovács
András () is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian form of ''Andrew''. Notable people with the name include:
* András Ádám-Stolpa (born 1921), Hungarian tennis player
* András Adorján (born 1950), Hungarian writer
* András Ágosto ...
* László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai (; born 5 January 1954) is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter known for difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels '' ...
* Dénes Krusovszky Dénes is a Hungarian male given name, the equivalent of Denis in English and can sometimes stand for or replace the feminine version of Den(n)is, namely ''Denise''. As with many given names, it also transitioned into a surname in the Middle Ages. ...
* Árpád Kun
Árpád (; 845 – 907) was the head of the confederation of the Magyar tribes at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries. He might have been either the sacred king, sacred ruler or ''kende'' of the Hungarians, or their military lea ...
* Júlia Lángh
* Aliz Mosonyi
Alice is most often used as a feminine given name, used primarily in English language, English and French language, French; however, it has proven popular in some other languages.
Etymology
Alice is a form of the Old French language, Old French n ...
* Ádám Nádasdy
Ádám Nádasdy (born 15 February 1947) is a Hungarian linguist and poet. He is professor emeritus at the School of English and American Studies of the Faculty of Humanities of the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He specializes in po ...
* Ottó Orbán
* Lajos Parti Nagy
Lajos Parti Nagy (born Szekszárd, October 12, 1953) is a Kossuth Prize-winning Hungarian poet, playwright, writer, editor, critic, and one of the founding members of the Digital Literary Academy.
Biography
Nagy spent his childhood at Tolna, ...
* György Petri
György Petri (22 December 1943 – 16 July 2000) was a Hungarian poet.
Childhood and youth
He was born in 1943 to a multi-ethnic family in Budapest. After his father's death he was raised by his mother, grandparents and aunts. According to his ...
* Zsuzsa Rakovszky
Zsuzsa Rakovszky (born 4 December 1950) is a Hungarian translator and writer. Her surname also appears as Rakovsky.
She was born in Sopron and earned a teaching certificate in Hungarian and English from the School of English and American Studi ...
* György Spiró
* Anna T. Szabó
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century)
* Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...
* Balázs Szálinger
* Ferenc Szijj
Ferenc () is a given name of Hungarian people, Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis (given name), Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François, Frank (given name), Frank and Franz (given name), Franz. People with the name include:
* Ferenc Bat ...
* László Szilasi
László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being freq ...
* István Szilágyi
István Szilágyi (born October 6, 1950, in Tököl) is a Hungarian former handball player.
His first major international tournament was the 1974 World Championship, where he finished seventh with Hungary. He represented his country on furthe ...
* Zsuzsa Takács
* Krisztina Tóth
* Dániel Varró
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew language, Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel (given ...
* Pál Závada
Pál Závada (born 14 December 1954 in Tótkomlós, Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to ...
See also
* Hungarian literatureNotes
# #References
External links
Magvető official website
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