Kossuth Prize
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The Kossuth Prize is a state-sponsored award in Hungary
, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionary Lajos Kossuth
. The Prize was established in 1948 (on occasion of the centenary of the March 15th revolution
, the day on which it is still handed over every year) by the Hungarian National Assembly, to acknowledge outstanding personal and group achievements in the fields of science, culture and the arts, as well as in the building of Socialism
in general.
In 1963, the domain was restricted to culture and the arts. Today, it is regarded as the most prestigious cultural award in Hungary, and is awarded by the President.
Note: This is not a complete listing.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionary Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.-Family:Lajos...
. The Prize was established in 1948 (on occasion of the centenary of the March 15th revolution
Hungarian Revolution of 1848
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...
, the day on which it is still handed over every year) by the Hungarian National Assembly, to acknowledge outstanding personal and group achievements in the fields of science, culture and the arts, as well as in the building of Socialism
Socialism
Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...
in general.
In 1963, the domain was restricted to culture and the arts. Today, it is regarded as the most prestigious cultural award in Hungary, and is awarded by the President.
Note: This is not a complete listing.
Recipients
- István CsókIstván CsókIstván Csók was a Hungarian Impressionist painter. Csok lived and exhibited in Paris for a portion of his life. He became most famous in Hungary for his nudes, portraits, and landscapes of the Lake Balaton. Csok had many international exhibitions in such cities as Rome, San Francisco, Pittsburgh,...
(1948 and 1952) - Ferenc ErdeiFerenc ErdeiFerenc Erdei was a Hungarian politician, who served as Interior Minister in the unofficial Interim government which led by Béla Miklós. After the Soviet occupation of Hungary the cabinet could take the office officially . During the communist rule Erdei was the Minister of Agriculture between 1949...
(1948 and 1962) - Milán FüstMilán FüstMilán Füst was a Hungarian writer, poet and playwright. In 1908 he met the writer Ernő Osvát and published his first work in the literary revue Nyugat. He befriended Dezső Kosztolányi and Frigyes Karinthy. After studying law and economics in Budapest, he became a teacher in a school of business...
(1948) - Éva RuttkaiÉva RuttkaiÉva Ruttkai was a Hungarian actress, well known from her work on stage, cinema, and television productions...
(1948) - Pál TuránPál TuránPaul Turán was a Hungarian mathematician who worked primarily in number theory. He had a long collaboration with fellow Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős, lasting 46 years and resulting in 28 joint papers.- Life and education :...
(1948 and 1952) - Béla BalázsBéla Balázs----Béla Balázs , born Herbert Bauer, was a Hungarian-Jewish film critic, aesthete, writer and poet....
(1949) - Jenő EgerváryJenő EgerváryJenő Egerváry was a Hungarian mathematician.-Biography:Egerváry was born in Debrecen in 1891. In 1914, he received his doctorate at the Pázmány Péter University in Budapest, where he studied under the supervision of Lipót Fejér...
(1949) - Annie FischerAnnie FischerAnnie Fischer was a Hungarian classical pianist.-Biography:Fischer was born in Budapest, and studied in that city at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music with Ernő Dohnányi. In 1933 she won the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in her native city...
(1949, 1955, 1965) - Ferenc MéreiFerenc MéreiFerenc Mérei was a Hungarian psychologist and educator.- Early life :Born in Budapest into a bourgeois family, Mérei often spent time in his parents’ photography studio at the Garay Bazaar. He did not like school, where he felt excluded and his teachers' brutality caused him much pain...
(1949) - Ági MészárosÁgi MészárosÁgi Mészáros was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1940 and 1977.-Selected filmography:* Kiskrajcár * Twenty Hours * Budapest Tales -External links:...
(1949, 1954) - Sándor VeressSándor VeressSándor Veress was a Swiss composer of Hungarian origin. The first half of his life was spent in Hungary; the second, from 1949 until his death, in Switzerland, of which he became a citizen in the last months of his life.Veress taught at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest...
(1949) - László KalmárLászló KalmárLászló Kalmár was a Hungarian mathematician and Professor at the University of Szeged. Kalmár is considered the founder of mathematical logic and theoretical Computer Science in Hungary.- Biography :...
(1950) - Kálmán LatabárKálmán LatabárKálmán Latabár was a Hungarian comedian and film actor, perhaps the country's most popular comic in the post-war years. "Latyi" reached his peak popularity during the war years and in the early days of Hungarian television, doing stand-up comedy, operettas and musicals, and comic routines in...
(1950) - Péter VeresPéter VeresPéter Veres was a Hungarian politician and writer, who served as Minister of Defence from 1947 to 1948.-References:*...
(1950, 1952) - Leo WeinerLeo WeinerLeo Weiner , was one of the leading Hungarian music educators of the first half of the twentieth century and a composer.- Education :Weiner was born in Budapest. He had his first music and piano lessons from his brother, and later studied at the Academy of Music in Budapest, studying with János ...
(1950, 1960) - János GörbeJános GörbeJános Görbe :hu:Görbe János was a prominent Hungarian actor of film and theater...
(1951) - László HellerLaszlo HellerHeller László was a Hungarian professor accredited with inventing the Heller–Forgó cooling system for power stations.-Biography:...
(1951) - László LajthaLászló LajthaLászló Lajtha was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor.-Career:Born to Ida Wiesel, a Transsylvanian-Hungarian with some Saxon-German ancestry as the name Wiesel indicates and Pál Lajtha, an owner of a leather factory...
(1951) - Klári TolnayKlári TolnayKlári Tolnay was a Hungarian actress.-Life:Klári Tolnay was born on 17 July 1914 in Budapest, as the daughter of István Tolnay and Eleonóra Siess. She spent her childhood in the small village of Mohora, Nógrád county, on the estate of her father...
(1951 and 1952) - Margit DajkaMargit DajkaMargit Dajka was a Hungarian actress. She appeared in 66 films between 1932 and 1986. She starred in the 1976 film A Strange Role...
(1952) - Miklós GáborMiklós GáborMiklós Gábor was a Hungarian actor, most remembered for his roles in films Valahol Európában and Mágnás Miska. He was husband to Éva Ruttkai, and later Éva Vass.-Life:...
(1953) - Andor AjtayAndor Ajtay-Selected filmography:* Two Girls on the Street * Orient Express * Two Wishes * Cantata * Imposztorok -External links:...
(1954) - Jenő BarcsayJeno BarcsayJenő Barcsay was a Hungarian painter.Born in Katona, Hungary in 1900, Barcsay was a descendant of an aristocratic family from Transylvania. In 1919, he went to Budapest where he began his studies in the Art School and graduated in 1924...
(1954) - Gyula GózonGyula GózonGyula Gózon was a Hungarian actor and comedian.-Life:Gyula Gózon was born on 19 April 1885, in Nové Zámky, but grew up in Esztergom. With the mentoring of his brother, he could fulfill his dream of learning to be a singer actor at the actor school of Szidi Rákosi in Budapest...
(1954) - Péter KuczkaPéter KuczkaPéter Kuczka was a Hungarian writer, poet and science fiction editor.After finishing high school, Kuczka studied at the University of Economy in Hungary while working several jobs...
(1954) - Lajos BárdosLajos BárdosLajos Bárdos was a composer, conductor, and professor of music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Together with Zoltán Kodály, he laid the foundations of 20th-century Hungarian choral music...
(1955) - Ferenc BessenyeiFerenc BessenyeiFerenc Bessenyei was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in 75 films between 1920 and 2001. He was also the husband of Hédi Váradi.-Selected filmography:* Kiskrajcár * The Brute...
(1955) - Zoltán FábriZoltán FábriZoltán Fábri was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films The Boys of Paul Street and Hungarians were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....
(1955) - Albert FonóAlbert FonóAlbert Fonó , was a Hungarian mechanical engineer who was one of the early pioneers of turbojet and ramjet propulsion and was first to patent a ramjet engine in 1928, ....
(1956) - Gyula KaeszGyula KaeszGyula Kaesz : architect, interior designer, furniture designer, academic and once rector of the School of Applied Arts in Budapest.-Career:...
(1956) - László RanódyLászló RanódyLászló Ranódy was an Hungarian film director. He directed 18 films between 1950 and 1980.-External links:...
(1956) - Jenő ÁdámJenö ÁdámJenö Ádám was a Hungarian music educator, composer, and conductor.He studied composition and conducting at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music where he was a pupil of Zoltán Kodály. He later became a longtime teacher at the school and developed a close working relationship with Kodály...
(1957) - Miklós BorsosMiklós BorsosMiklós Borsos was a Hungarian sculptor. His style integrated elements of archaic art and classicism with modern elements.Born in Nagyszeben, Transylvania , he and his family settled in Győr in 1921; Borsos and his wife lived in the same Győr house until the end of World War II.He became interested...
(1957) - Manyi KissManyi Kiss-Career:Born in Magyarlona, she acted from 1926 in Cluj, Romania, from 1928 in Miskolc and then between 1929 and 1932 in Szeged, Hungary. From the beginning of her career she possessed a natural acting style, an excellent knowledge of dance and ability to sing comic roles. From 1932, for a while...
(1957) - László NémethLászló NémethLászló Németh was a Hungarian dentist, writer, dramatist and essayist. He was born in Nagybánya the son of József Németh and Vilma Gaál . Over the Christmas of 1925, he married Ella Démusz , the daughter of János Démusz, a keeper of a public house. Between 1926 and 1944 they had six daughters, but...
(1957) - Mór KorachMór KorachMór Korach or Maurizio Korach was a Hungarian chemical engineer, founder of the technical chemistry in Hungary, a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences...
(1958) - Tátrai QuartetTátrai QuartetThe Tátrai Quartet was a Hungarian classical string quartet founded in 1946 and based in Hungary. For the half-century after World War II it was one of the foremost string quartets in Hungary, specializing in Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn, and also in the first performance of works by Hungarian...
(1958)
- Éva RuttkaiÉva RuttkaiÉva Ruttkai was a Hungarian actress, well known from her work on stage, cinema, and television productions...
(1960) - Leo WeinerLeo WeinerLeo Weiner , was one of the leading Hungarian music educators of the first half of the twentieth century and a composer.- Education :Weiner was born in Budapest. He had his first music and piano lessons from his brother, and later studied at the Academy of Music in Budapest, studying with János ...
(1960) - Iván BerendIván BerendIván Tibor Berend is a Hungarian historian and teacher who served as President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1985 until 1990. He was a member of Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party's Central Committee between 1988 and 1989...
(1961) - Tibor CzibereTibor CzibereTibor Czibere is a former Hungarian engineer and politician, who served as Minister of Education between 1988 and 1989. He is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences since 1985. Czibere served as rector of the University of Miskolc between 1978 and 1986.-References:*...
(1962) - István Vas (1962, 1985)
- Ákos CsászárÁkos CsászárÁkos Császár is a Hungarian mathematician, specializing in general topology and real analysis. He discovered the Császár polyhedron, a nonconvex polyhedron without diagonals...
(1963) - Robert IlosfalvyRobert IlosfalvyRóbert Ilosfalvy was a Hungarian operatic tenor; he possessed a voice of lyric grace and dramatic power enabling him to sing a wide range of roles in the Italian, German, and French repertories.- Life :...
(1965) - Pál LukácsPál LukácsPál Lukács was a Hungarian viola virtuoso, concert and recording artist, and music educator.Lukács studied voice, and also violin with Imre Waldbauer at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. He switched to viola in 1935 after hearing a viola performance by Lionel Tertis accompanied by...
(1965) - László NagyLászló Nagy (poet)László Nagy was a Hungarian poet.-Life:On 20 August 1952, he married Margaret . In 1953, their son Andrew was born....
(1966) - Imre SinkovitsImre SinkovitsImre Sinkovits was a Hungarian actor.-Awards:*Kossuth Prize *Mari Jászai Award *Kazinczy Award...
(1966) - Sándor SzokolaySándor SzokolaySándor Szokolay is a Hungarian composer and a professor of the Liszt Ferenc Academy, Budapest.-Life:Szokolay began his music studies in Békéstarhos. Then he attended the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. His teachers were Ferenc Szabó and Ferenc Farkas. Between 1957 and 1961 he worked at...
(1966) - Erzsébet HázyErzsébet HázyErzsébet Házy was a Hungarian operatic soprano. She fascinated the critics and audience not only with her voice but also with perfect acting and her beauty...
(1970) - Líviusz GyulaiLíviusz GyulaiLíviusz Gyulai is a Hungarian graphic artist, printmaker, illustrator.-Biography:Born at Barót, Transylvania, Romania, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Budapest as graphic artist in 1962. He is known as a printmaker and a book illustrator as well. He was awarded a Gold Medal at the...
(1973) - Miklós JancsóMiklós JancsóMiklós Jancsó is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.Jancsó achieved international prominence from the mid-1960s onwards, with works including The Round Up , The Red and the White and Red Psalm .Jancsó's films are characterized by visual stylization,...
(1973) - Ferenc SántaFerenc SántaFerenc Sánta was a Hungarian novelist and film screenwriter. He was awarded the József Attila Prize in 1956 and 1964, and the prestigious Kossuth Prize in 1973.-Selected works:*Sokan voltunk, 1954...
(1973) - Miklós ErdélyiMiklós ErdélyiMiklós Erdélyi was an award-winning Hungarian conductor.-Life:Miklós Erdélyi was born in Budapest and from 1946-1951 studied at the Budapest Franz Liszt Music Academy with John Ferencsik for conducting, Kókai Rezső for composition and Zalánfy Aladar for organ...
(1975) - Iván DarvasIvan DarvasIván Darvas was a Hungarian actor.-Early life:Born as Szilárd Darvas, his father was János Darvas, and his mother was a Russian woman, Antonina Evdokimova. He spent his childhood in Prague, where his father worked as a journalist...
(1978) - Dezső RánkiDezsõ RánkiDezső Ránki is a Hungarian pianist.Born September 8, 1951 in Budapest, he began taking piano lessons at the Budapest Academy of Music at the age of eight. When he was thirteen, he enrolled at the Budapest Conservatory and became a pupil of Klára Máthé. Subsequently he studied at the Franz Liszt...
(1978 and 2008) - János PilinszkyJános PilinszkyJános Pilinszky was a Hungarian poet.Well known within the Hungarian borders for his vast influence on postwar Hungarian poetry, Pilinszky’s style includes a juxtaposition of Roman Catholic faith and intellectual disenchantment...
(1980) - László MárkusLászló MárkusLászló Márkus was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in over 90 films and television shows between 1952 and 1985...
(1983) - Géza OttlikGéza OttlikGéza Ottlik was a Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and bridge theorist.He attended the military school at Kőszeg and Budapest, and studied mathematics and physics at Budapest University 1931-1935. After a brief career on Hungarian radio, he was a secretary of Hungarian PEN Club from...
(1985) - András SzőllősyAndrás SzőllősyAndrás Szőllősy was the creator of the Szőllősy index , a frequently used index for the works of Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, was born at Szászváros in Transylvania on February 27, 1921. He studied composition under Zoltán Kodály at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music where he was a professor of...
(1985) - Dezső GarasDezső GarasDezső Garas is a Hungarian actor. He has appeared in over 145 films and television shows since 1956. He starred in the 1993 film Whoops, which was entered into the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
(1988) - Iván MándyIván MándyIván Mándy was a Hungarian writer.-Biography:From 1945 on Mándy worked at the literary revue Újhold. After the Stalinist takeover he became a freelance writer. In 1989 he got again the chance to write for a literary newspaper...
(1988) - György CserhalmiGyörgy CserhalmiGyörgy Cserhalmi was born on February 17, 1948 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a Hungarian actor. He graduated from the Actors Academy in 1971. He is also the founder of the Labdater Theatre in the Globe cultural centre.-Employment:...
(1990) - Sándor CsoóriSándor CsoóriSándor Csoóri is a Hungarian poet, essayist, writer and politician.-Biography:In 1950, he graduated from the Reformed Pontifical College , and then studied at ELTE Institute, but dropped his studies because of illness...
(1990) - Ernő DohnányiErno DohnányiErnő Dohnányi was a Hungarian conductor, composer, and pianist. He used the German form of his name Ernst von Dohnányi for most of his published compositions....
(1990) - Ferenc FarkasFerenc FarkasFerenc Farkas was a Hungarian composer.Farkas began his studies in composition at the Budapest Academy of Music , where his teachers were Leo Weiner and Albert Siklós. He later studied with Ottorino Respighi in Rome...
(1991) - István GaálIstván GaálIstván Gaál was a Hungarian film director, editor and screenwriter. He directed 27 films between 1956 and 1996. With Falcons he won the Jury Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.-External links:...
(1991) - Sándor Szabó (actor)Sándor Szabó (actor)Sándor Szabó was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in 80 films and television shows between 1935 and 1997.-Selected filmography:* Különös házasság * Topaz * A Strange Role...
(1991) - Péter NádasPéter NádasPéter Nádas is a Hungarian writer, playwright, and essayist.- Biography :He was born in Budapest as the son of László Nádas and Klára Tauber. After the takeover of the Hungarian Nazis, the Arrow Cross Party on 15 October 1944, Klára Tauber escaped with her son to Bačka and Novi Sad, but returned...
(1992) - Sándor KányádiSándor KányádiSándor Kányádi is an ethnic Hungarian poet and translator from the geographical region Transylvania, Romania. He is one of the most famous contemporary Hungarian-language poets.-Biography:...
(1993) - Sándor ReisenbüchlerSándor ReisenbüchlerSándor Reisenbüchler was a Hungarian animated film director and graphic artist. He took a degree in directing of films from the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest. He was working for PannóniaFilm in Budapest since 1965...
(1993) - Ferenc BanFerenc BanFerenc Bán is a Hungarian architect, one of the foremost in the progressive design movement, emblematic figure of eastern Hungarian building. He was born in Tokaj, Hungary...
(1994) - György FaludyGyörgy FaludyGyörgy Faludy , sometimes anglicized as George Faludy, was a Hungarian-Jewish poet, writer and translator.- Notable works :...
(1994) - Tamás LossonczyTamás LossonczyTamás Lossonczy was a Hungarian abstract painter born in Budapest. He is considered by many critics to be one of the leading figures of modern art in Hungary of the 20th century....
(1994) - Adrienne Jancsó (1995)
- Péter EsterházyPéter EsterházyPéter Esterházy is one of the most widely known contemporary Hungarian writers. His books are considered to be significant contributions to postwar literature....
(1996) - József Király (1996)
- György PetriGyörgy PetriGyörgy Petri was a Hungarian poet.-Childhood and youth:He was born in 1943 to a multi-ethnic Jewish family in Budapest. After his father's death he was raised by his mother, grandparents and aunts...
(1996) - András SchiffAndrás SchiffAndrás Schiff is a Hungarian-born British classical pianist, who has won a number of awards including the Grammy and made numerous recordings.- Biography :...
(1996) - Péter GothárPéter GothárPéter Gothár is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 23 films since 1974. His film The Outpost was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
(1997) - Jenő JandóJeno JandóJenő Jandó is a Hungarian pianist and Professor of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary.He studied piano at the Liszt Academy with Katalin Nemes and Pál Kadosa, later going on to win many major international piano competitions, including the Georges Cziffra and Ciani Piano...
(1997) - Imre KertészImre KertészImre Kertész is a Hungarian Jewish author, Holocaust concentration camp survivor, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2002 "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history"....
(1997) - Éva MartonÉva MartonÉva Marton is a Hungarian dramatic soprano, particularly known for her operatic portrayals of Puccini's Turandot and Tosca, and Wagnerian roles.- Vocal training and early years :...
(1997) - Géza HofiGéza HofiGéza Hofi was a Hungarian actor and comedian. He is probably the most popular Hungarian parodist and had strong influence on Hungarian cabaret.-About Hofi:...
(1998) - Jozsef GregorJozsef GregorJózsef Gregor was a renowned Hungarian bass-baritone/basso buffo who enjoyed success first in Hungary, then in France, Belgium and Canada, and finally in the United States. József Gregor was born in Rákosliget, a small town that is now part of Budapest...
(1999) - János KassJános KassJános Kass was a Hungarian illustrator, printmaker, graphic designer, postage stamp designer, animated film director and teacher...
(1999) - Márta SebestyénMárta SebestyénMárta Sebestyén is a Hungarian folk vocalist, as well as a composer and actress.Sebestyén's mother is a composer, and was a music student of Zoltán Kodály. Her father was an economist and author. When Sebestyén was seven years old, her father, returning from a trip to the U.S...
(1999) - Lívia GyarmathyLívia GyarmathyLívia Gyarmathy is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. She has directed over 20 films since 1962. She was a member of the jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.-External links:...
(2000) - Miklós KocsárMiklós KocsárMiklós Kocsár is a Hungarian composer. He was born in Debrecen, Hungary, and studied composition at the Academy of Music in Budapest with Ferenc Farkas, graduating in 1959. After completing his studies, he took a position in 1972 as Professor at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest, teaching...
(2000) - Gáspár NagyGáspár NagyGáspár Nagy was a Hungarian poet and writer.-Life:He graduated from the Benedictine Grammar School of Pannonhalma where he studied Library Science in Szombathely, then Aesthetics and Sociology in Budapest....
(2000) - Enikő EszenyiEnikő EszenyiEnikő Eszenyi is a Hungarian actress. She appeared in 1991's Paths of Death and Angels.-Reference:...
(2001) - Zoltán JeneyZoltán JeneyZoltán Jeney is a Hungarian composer.Jeney first studied piano and attended Pongrácz's composition classes at the Debrecen Secondary Music School, later continuing composition studies with Ferenc Farkas at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest , and the pursuing postgraduate studies with...
(2001) - Margit BaraMargit BaraMargit Bara is a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1956 and 1975.-Selected filmography:* Drama of the Lark * A Cozy Cottage * Jacob, the Liar -External links:...
(2002) - Péter EötvösPeter EötvösPéter Eötvös is a Hungarian composer and conductor.Eötvös was born in Odorheiu Secuiesc/Székelyudvarhely, Szeklerland, Transylvania . He studied composition in Budapest and Cologne. From 1962, he composed for film in Hungary. Eötvös played regularly with the Stockhausen Ensemble between 1968 and...
(2002) - El KazovskyEl KazovskyEl Kazovsky was a Russian-born Hungarian painter; one of the leading Hungarian painters of her time.-Personal life:...
(2002) - Aladár PegeAladár PegeAladár Pege , was a jazz musician from Hungary. He was well known for his work and was dubbed "the Paganini of double bass"....
(2002) - György LigetiGyörgy LigetiGyörgy Sándor Ligeti was a composer of contemporary classical music. Born in a Hungarian Jewish family in Transylvania, Romania, he briefly lived in Hungary before becoming an Austrian citizen.-Early life:...
(2003) - László MartonLászló MartonLászló Marton is a contemporary theatre director. Marton is the artistic director of the Vígszínház and professor of the University of Theatre, Film and Television in Budapest...
(2003) - Amadinda Percussion GroupAmadinda Percussion GroupAmadinda Percussion Group was formed in 1984 in Budapest by four musicians, just after having graduated from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. Since founding the ensemble, the central point of their activity has been double...
(2004) - Gergely BogányiGergely BogányiComing from a musical family, Gergely Bogányi is one of the youngest ever pianists to have won the Kossuth Prize, becoming one of the leading pianists of his generation.- Education :...
(2004) - Gyula BodrogiGyula BodrogiGyula Bodrogi is a Hungarian television and film actor.-Selected filmography:* Sleepless Years * Cantata * Twenty Hours * Irány Mexikó! * Hatholdas rózsakert * Glass Tiger...
(2005) - Zoltán KocsisZoltán KocsisZoltán Kocsis is a Hungarian pianist, conductor, and composer.Born in Budapest, he started his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 1963, studying piano and composition...
(2005) - György SzomjasGyörgy SzomjasGyörgy Szomjas is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He has directed over 25 films since 1965. His 1983 film Tight Quarters was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival...
(2005) - Pál ZávadaPál ZávadaPál Závada is the Hungarian writer, member of Slovak minority in Hungary, writing in Hungarian.BooksKulákprésMielőtt elsötétülJadviga párnájaMilotaA fényképész utókoraIdegen testünk...
(2005) - Iván FischerIván FischerIván Fischer is a Hungarian conductor and composer. Born in Budapest into a Jewish musical family, Fischer initially studied piano, violin, cello and composition in Budapest...
(2006) - Gábor GörgeyGábor GörgeyGábor Görgey is a Hungarian writer, poet, director and politician, who served as Minister of Culture between 2002 and 2003...
(2006) - László GálffiLaszlo GalffiLászló Gálffi is a Hungarian actor. He was born in Budapest.One of his better known roles is that of King Ludwig II of Bavaria in Tony Palmer's epic film production of Wagner, in which Galffi acted alongside cinema greats Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier and Vanessa...
(2007) - András KernAndrás KernAndrás Kern is a Hungarian actor, producer, writer, singer and comedian.- Life :In 1965 Kern produced a film with a friend, entitled Mi Lesz? , and subsequently won first prize in the 13th Hungarian National Amateur Film Festival.In 1970 he graduated from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest...
(2007) - Zsuzsa KonczZsuzsa KonczZsuzsa Koncz is a Hungarian singer, whose lyrics were sometimes highly critical of the country's pre-1990 political system....
(2008) - László Rajk Jr.László Rajk Jr.László Rajk Jr. is an architect and designer born in 1949 in Budapest, Hungary.Son of the most known show trial victim, Hungary's foreign minister László Rajk. Famous in his own right for anti-regime activities. As an architect, he became the member of the Hungarian avantgarde movement...
(2009) - Gyula MaárGyula MaárGyula Maár is an Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 24 films since 1966. His 1975 film, Mrs. Dery Where Are You? won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. In 1986, his film Első kétszáz évem was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival...
(2010) - Agota KristofAgota KristofÁgota Kristóf was a Hungarian writer, who lived in Switzerland and wrote in French. Kristof received the European prize for French literature for The Notebook . She won the 2001 Gottfried Keller Award in Switzerland and the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2008.- Biography :Kristof...
(2011)