The Jászai Mari Award is a state award, which was created by the Hungarian government in 1953 as an award for theatrical arts. The award was named in honour of the Hungarian actress

Mari Jászai Mari Jászai (born Mária Krippel; 24 February 1850, Ászár – 5 October 1926, Budapest) was a Hungarian actress. Life Mari Jászai 24 February 1850 in Ászár, Komárom county, as a daughter of a carpenter. She worked from age 10 as a maid ...

. It originally ran, from 1955 to 1976, and was awarded in April. In 1992 the Hungarian Minister of National Cultural Heritage revived the award.

Bibliography

* Díjasok és kitüntetettek adattára 1948–1980. Összeállította és szerkesztette: Magyar Józsefné. Palmiro Togliatti Megyei Könyvtár, Kaposvár. * Csapó Tamásné: Díjasok és kitüntetettek adattára 1981–1990. Megyei és Városi Könyvtár, Kaposvár. * MTI Ki kicsoda 2009. Szerk. Hermann Péter. Budapest: Magyar Távirati Iroda. 2008.

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