Margit Szécsi (May 28, 1928 – November 23, 1990) was a Hungarian poet. She was born in

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to a poor family and studied at

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under a scholarship for the

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. She did not complete her degree but instead joined the staff of the literary magazine ''Csillag'' in 1949. She also began writing her first poems around this time. Her first collection of poems ''Március'' (March) was published in 1955. She married the poet László Nagy.

Awards

She was awarded 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. ...

in 1957.

Selected works

* '' Angyalok strandja'' (Angels' beach) (1956) * '' Páva a tuzfalon'' (Peacock on the partition) (1958) * '' A trombitákat összesöprik'' (They'll sweep up the trumpets) (1965) * '' Új heraldika'' (New heraldry) (1967) * '' A Nagy Virágvágó Gép'' (The great flower cutting machine) (1969)

References

1928 births 1990 deaths 20th-century Hungarian poets Budapest University alumni Hungarian women poets 20th-century Hungarian women writers Attila József Prize recipients {{Hungary-writer-stub