Sándor Csoóri (3 February 1930 – 12 September 2016) was a Hungarian poet, essayist, writer, and politician.
Biography
In 1950, he graduated from the Reformed College in the town of Pápa (
:hu:Pápai Református Kollégium) and then studied at
ELTE Institute, but dropped his studies because of illness. He worked in various journals, such as, during 1953-54, ''The Literary Newspaper'' and, from 1955 until 1956, he was the poetry section editor in "The New Sound" periodical. In 1956, he could not find work for a while and then, in 1960, as at the beginning of the
Budapest University of Technology
The Budapest University of Technology and Economics ( hu, Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem or in short ), official abbreviation BME, is the most significant university of technology in Hungary and is considered the world's oldes ...
and newspaper editorial staff, he was the MAFILM dramaturg from 1968 until 1988.
His first poems appeared in 1953, raising a big stir, being critical of the
Rákosi era.
The authorities soon noticed that Csoóri was not one of their supporters. He wrote criticizing the dictatorship's impact of personality, and the fate of rural people. He was under surveillance sometimes for years, and did not receive awards. He lived in
Budapest
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, where he met with his friends, including
Miklós Jancsó
Miklós Jancsó (; 27 September 192131 January 2014) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.
Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including '' The Round-Up'' (''Szegénylegények'', 1965), ''T ...
,
Ottó Orbán,
György Konrád
György (George) Konrád (2 April 1933 – 13 September 2019) was a Hungarian novelist, pundit, essayist and sociologist known as an advocate of individual freedom.
Life
George Konrad was born in Berettyóújfalu, near Debrecen, into a ...
,
Ferenc Kósa
Ferenc Kósa (21 November 1937 – 12 December 2018) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed thirteen films between 1961 and 1988. He won the award for Best Director at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival
The 20th Cannes F ...
. In 1988, he was co-editor with
Gáspár Nagy
Gáspár Nagy (May 4, 1949, Bérbaltavár – January 3, 2007, Budapest) 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 So ...
, of ''
Hitel'', and in 1992 editor-in-chief.
Csoóri died at the age of 86 after a long illness on 12 September 2016.
Awards
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Attila József Prize The Attila József Prize is an annually awarded Hungarian literary prize for excellence in the field of belles-lettres. It was first presented in 1950 in honour of the poet Attila József. Another major Hungarian literary prize is the Kossuth Prize ...
(1954, 1970)
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Herder Prize The Herder Prize (german: Gottfried-von-Herder-Preis), named after the German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803), was a prestigious international prize awarded every year from 1964 to 2006 to scholars and artists from Central and Sout ...
(1981)
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István Bibó Prize (1984)
* The Book of the Year Award (1985, 1995, 2004)
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Tibor Déry Prize (1987)
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Joseph Fitz Award (1989)
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Kossuth Prize
The Kossuth Prize ( hu, Kossuth-díj) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1948 (on occasion of the centenary of the March 15th revolution, the ...
(1990, 2012)
* Sower Nívódíja Publishing (1990)
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Radnóti Biennial Poetry prize (1990)
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Eeva Joenpelto Award (1995)
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Károli Gáspár Award (1997)
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Hungarian Heritage Award
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(1997, 2005)
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Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
The Hungarian Order of Merit ( hu, Magyar Érdemrend) is the fourth highest State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the O ...
, Commander's Crosses with Star, civilian (
:hu:A Magyar Köztársasági Érdemrend középkeresztje a csillaggal, 2000)
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Hungarian Art Prize (2004)
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Bálint Balassi Memorial Sword Award (2006)
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Prima Primissima Award, 2008
Works in English
"Letter to the American Poet, Gregory Corso", ''AGNI''
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References
External links
* ttp://www.balassi.eu Official homepage of Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award which is founded by Pal Molnar [Pal Molnar]''this article includes material from'' ''this article'' ''in Kezdőlap''
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1930 births
2016 deaths
Hungarian male poets
Hungarian essayists
Male essayists
Hungarian Democratic Forum politicians
Budapest University of Technology and Economics alumni
Commander's Crosses with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)
20th-century Hungarian poets
21st-century Hungarian poets
20th-century essayists
21st-century essayists
Herder Prize recipients
20th-century Hungarian male writers
21st-century Hungarian male writers
Attila József Prize recipients