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 Attila József (; 11 April 1905 – 3 December 1937) was one of the most famous Hungarian poets of the 20th century. Generally not recognized during his lifetime, József was hailed during the communist era of the 1950s as Hungary's great ...

. Another major Hungarian literary prize is the

Kossuth Prize The Kossuth Prize (, ) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1936, by the Hungarian National Assembly, to acknowledge outstanding personal and grou ...

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 Lajos Áprily (birth name Lajos Jékely; 14 November 1887 – 6 August 1967) was a Hungarian poet and translator who won the 1954 Attila József Prize for his contributions to Hungarian literature. Áprily was born 14 November 1887 in Brassó ...

1954 *

Magda Szabó Magda Szabó (5 October 1917 – 19 November 2007) was a Hungarians, Hungarian novelist. Doctor of philology, she also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memoirs, poetry and children's literature. She was a founding member of the , an online dig ...

1959 and 1972 *

Sándor Csoóri 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 ...

1954 *

István Fekete István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to: People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal * Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first k ...

1960 * Margit Szécsi 1960 *Endre Illés ( hu) 1963 * Endre Fejes 1963 *

Béla Vihar Béla Vihar () (23 May 1908 – 24 November 1978), born Béla Weisz, was a Hungarian poet, journalist, writer and teacher. He is known for his book entitled "Yellow Book, Facts of the Wartime Sufferings of Hungarian Jewry" which was the first do ...

1966 *

Mozes Kahana Mozes Kahana (; ; , 26 November 1897 – 11 April 1974) was a Hungarian-born writer, poet, essayist and revolutionary active in Romania, the Soviet Union and Hungary. Biography Early life Kahana was born in 1897 into a Jewish family in Gyergyób ...

1968 *

János Pilinszky János Pilinszky (27 November 1921 in Budapest – 27 May 1981 in Budapest) was one of the greatest Hungarian poets of the 20th century. Well known within the Hungarian borders for his vast influence on postwar Hungarian poetry, Pilins ...

1971 *

Menyhért Lakatos Menyhért Lakatos (April 11, 1926, Vésztő — August 21, 2007, Budapest) was a Romani people in Hungary, Hungarian Romani writerMiklós Szentkuthy 1977 *

Ágnes Gergely Ágnes Gergely (born 5 October 1933) is a Hungarian poet, writer, educator, journalist and translator. Biography She was born Ágnes Guttmann in family of Fenákel Rózsika and György Guttmann in Endrőd, a village on the Great Hungarian Pla ...

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 writerZsófia Balla (1996) * Attila Bartis (2005) * Zsófia Bán 2008 * Attila György (2011)

References

Hungarian literary awards Awards established in 1950 1950 establishments in Hungary {{lit-award-stub