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Sándor Dallos
Sándor Dallos (1901-1964) was a Hungarian writer. In 1953 he received the 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. .... Two of his books placed in the Top 100 of the Hungarian version of the BBC Big Read. References 1901 births 1964 deaths Attila József Prize recipients {{Hungary-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Prizewinners ''For a complete list of prizewinners see listing at the Hungarian Wikipedia'' :Some notable prizewinners include: * László Németh 1951 * Géza Képes 1952 * Sándor Dallos 1953 *Lajos Áprily 1954 *Magda Szabó 1959 and 1972 *Sándor Csoóri 1954 *István Fekete 1960 * Margit Szécsi 1960 *Endre Illés ( hu) 1963 * Endre Fejes 1963 *Béla Vihar 1966 *Mozes Kahana 1968 *János Pilinszky 1971 *Menyhért Lakatos 1976 * Miklós Szentkuthy 1977 *Ágnes Gergely 1977 and 1987 * Anna Dániel 1983 * Zsuzsa Vathy 1986 * Zsuzsa Rakovszky 1987 *Menyhért Lakatos Menyhért Lakatos (April 11, 1926, Vésztő — August 21, 2007, Budapest) was a Romani people in Hungary, Hungarian Romani writer [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Read (Hungarian)
Big Read is the Hungarian version of the BBC ''Big Read''. The ''Big Read'' was imported into Hungary under the name ''A Nagy Könyv'' (lit. "The Big Book") and took place in 2005. Around 1400 libraries, 500 book shops and 1300 schools participated in the competition in various ways. It proved to be far more popular in Hungary (with a population of 10 million) than in the UK (with a population of 60 million), with 400,000 votes arriving (as opposed to 140,000 votes in the UK competition in the corresponding period). Voting for the top 100 began in late February: one was allowed to vote for any novel published in Hungarian. It ended on April 23, when the 50 "foreign" and 50 Hungarian most popular novels were selected. On June 11, the top 12 novels were chosen in the framework of a television show presented by cultural celebrities. In the next months, 12 short films were made from these novels and screened in television, which competed with each other in pairs. On December 15, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1901 Births
December 13 of this year is the beginning of signed 32-bit computing, 32-bit Unix time, and is scheduled to end in Year 2038 problem, January 19, 2038. Summary Political and military 1901 started with the Federation of Australia, unification of multiple Crown colony, British colonies in Australia on January 1 to form the Australia, Commonwealth of Australia after a 1898–1900 Australian constitutional referendums, referendum in 1900, Subsequently, the 1901 Australian federal election, 1901 Australian election would see the first Prime Minister of Australia, Australian prime minister, Edmund Barton. On the same day, Nigeria became a Colonial Nigeria, British protectorate. Following this, the Victorian era, Victorian Era would come to a end after Queen Victoria died on January 22 after a reign of 63 years and 216 days, which was List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign, longer than those of any of her predecessors, Her son, Edward VII, succeeded her to the throne. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day (Panama), Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 22 – Kenneth Kaunda is inaugurated as the first Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia. * January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
