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Péter Kuczka
Péter Kuczka (Székesfehérvár, Hungary, 1 March 1923 – Budapest, Hungary, 8 December 1999) was a Hungary, Hungarian writer, poet and science fiction editor. He was also active as a comic writer. After finishing high school, Kuczka studied at the University of Economy in Hungary while working several jobs. He started writing after the end of World War II and from 1940 was influential in Hungarian literature circles. Kuczka's poetry was first printed in 1949 but after 1956 he was not allowed to publish his poetry due to his political views and local political changes. He got national prizes for his early literature in 1950 in literature, 1950 (''József Attila prize'') and 1954 in literature, 1954 (''Kossuth Prize''). He was the editor of the ''Kozmosz Fantasztikus Könyvek'' ''(Cosmos Fantastic Books)'' series, whose books were the first science fiction books in Hungary. He was the founder and editor of Galaktika, the third largest science fiction anthology in the world, wh ...
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1923 Births
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