List of Hungarian writers

Below is an alphabetical list of notable Hungarian writers. Abbreviations: children's (ch), comedy (co), drama (d), fiction (f), non-fiction (nf), poetry (p)

A–B[]

Emil Ábrányi (1850–1920, nf)
Endre Ady (1877–1919, p, nf)^[1]
Mariska Ady (1888–1977, f/p)
Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932, nf)
Péter Apor (1676–1752, nf)
Lajos Áprily (1887–1965, p)
János Arany (1817–1882, p)^[1]
Mihály Babits (1883–1941, p/f/nf)^[1]
József Bajza (1804–1858, nf/p)
Stefano Bakonyi (1892–1969, nf)
Bálint Balassi (1554–1594, p)^[1]
Béla Balázs (1884–1949, nf/p)
Zsófia Balla (born 1949, p/nf)
Linda Vero Ban (born 1976, nf)
Zsófia Bán (born 1957, f/nf)
Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950, nf/p)
Janos Bardi (1923–1990, nf/f/d)
János Batsányi (1763–1845, p)
Elek Benedek (1859–1929, nf/ch)
Dániel Berzsenyi (1776–1836, p/nf)^[1]
György Bessenyei (1747–1811, d/p)
Kata Bethlen (1700–1759, nf)^[1]
László Z. Bitó (born 1934, f/nf)
Ádám Bodor (born 1936, nf)
Janka Boga (1886–1963, d/nf)
Katalin Bogyay (born 1956, nf)
Edith Bone (1889–1975, nf)
Péter Bornemisza (1535–1584, nf/d)^[1]
Ágota Bozai (born 1965, f/nf)
Sándor Bródy (1863–1924, nf/f)
Edith Bruck (born 1932, f/d)
Zsuzsanna Budapest (born 1940, nf/d)

C–F[]

Géza Csáth (1887–1919, f/d/nf)
Gergely Csiky (1842–1891, d/f/nf)
Mihály Csokonai Vitéz (1773–1805, p/d)^[1]
Sándor Csoóri (born 1930, nf/p)
György Dalos (born 1943, f/nf)
Anna Dániel (1908–2003, f/ch/nf)
József Darvas (1912–1973, nf)
Zsófia Dénes (1885–1987, nf)
Tibor Déry (1894–1977, nf/f)
József Eötvös (1813–1871, nf)^[1]
Renée Erdős (1879–1956, p/f)
Péter Esterházy (1950–2016, nf/f)^[1]
Kinga Fabó (born 1953, p/nf)
Ferenc Faludi (1704–1779, p)^[1]
György Faludy (1910–2006, p/nf)
Ladislas Farago (1906–1980, nf)
András Fáy (1786–1864, p/d/f)
Mihály Fazekas (1766–1828, p/ch)
Klára Fehér (1919–1996, f/ch)
István Fekete (1900–1970, f/ch)
Miksa Fenyő (1877–1972, nf/f)
Éva Földes (1914–1981, nf)
Jolán Földes (1902–1963, d/f)
Milán Füst (1888–1967, f/nf/p)^[1]

G-J[]

Erzsébet Galgóczi (1930–1989, f/d)
János Garay (1812–1853, p/f)
Géza Gárdonyi (1863–1922, f/nf)
Ágnes Gergely (born 1933, f/p)
Gábor Görgey (born 1929, p/d/f)
Alisz Goriupp (1894–1979, nf)
István Gyöngyösi (1620–1704, p)^[1]
Géza Gyóni (1884–1917, p)
Béla Hamvas (1897–1968, nf/f)
Attila Hazai (1967–2012, f/nf)
Etelka Kenéz Heka (born 1936, p/f)
Gáspár Heltai (c. 1490–1574, nf)^[1]
Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1954, d/f)
Gyula Hernádi (1926–2005, d/f)
Sándor Hunyady (1890–1942, f/d)
Ignotus (1869–1949, p/f/nf)
Gyula Illyés (1902–1983, p/f/d)^[1]
Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003, ch/f)
Ida Jenbach (1868 – c. 1943, nf)
Mór Jókai (1825–1904, f/d/nf)
Attila József (1905–1937, p)
Gyula Juhász (1883–1937, p)
Vilmos Juhász (1899–1967, nf)

K[]

Eduard Kabos (1864–1923, co/d/f)
Margit Kaffka (1880–1918, f/p/nf)
László Kálnoky (1912–1985, p)
Sándor Kányádi (born 1929, p/ch)
Teréz Karacs (1808–1892, nf)
Ferenc Karinthy (1921–1992, f/d/nf)
Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938, d/p)
József Kármán (1769–1795, f/nf)
György Károly (born 1953, p/nf)
Lajos Kassák (1887–1967, p/f/nf)
József Katona (1791–1830, d/p)
Ferenc Kazinczy (1759–1831, nf/p)
Zsigmond Kemény (1814–1875, nf/f)
Géza Képes (1909–1989, p/nf)
Rivka Keren (born 1946, f/ch)
Imre Kertész (born 1929, p/f), Nobel laureate, 2002
Annamária Kinde (1956–2014, p/nf)
Károly Kisfaludy (1788–1830, d)
Sándor Kisfaludy (1772–1844, p/d)
Ephraim Kishon (1924–2004, f/nf/d)
Noémi Kiss (born 1974, f/nf)
János Kodolányi (1899–1969, f/d/nf)
Arthur Koestler (1905–1983, f/nf)
Ferenc Kölcsey (1790–1838, p/nf)
György Konrád (born 1933, f/nf)
Ferenc Körmendi (1900–1972, f)
Károly Kós (1883–1977, f/nf)
Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936, p/nf/d)
Helene Kottanner (fl. 15th c, nf)
Agota Kristof (1935–2011, p/f)
Žofia Kubini (17th c., p)
László Krasznahorkai (born 1954, f/d) Man Booker International Prize winner 2015
Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933, f)

L–O[]

László Ladányi (1907–1992, p/f)
Miklós László (1903–1973, d)
Ervin Lázár (1936–2006, f/ch)
Ágnes Lehóczky (born 1976, p)
Laura Leiner (born 1985, f)
Menyhért Lengyel (1880–1974, d)
Ignatz Lichtenstein (1824–1909, nf)
László L. Lőrincz (born 1939, f/nf)
Mária Bajzek Lukács (born 1960, nf)
Imre Madách (1823–1864, p/d)
Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992, nf)
Réka Mán-Várhegyi (born 1979, f)
Iván Mándy (1918–1995, nf)
Sándor Márai (1900–1989, f/p)
Béla Markó (born 1951, nf)
Kati Marton (born 1949, nf)
Tibor Méray (born 1924, nf/f)
Kelemen Mikes (1690–1791, nf)
Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1910, f/nf)
Béláné Mocsáry (1845–1917, nf)
Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952, d/p)
Jean-Pierre Montcassen (born 1957, f/p)
József Molnár (1918–2009, nf)
Ferenc Móra (1879–1934, f/nf)
Terézia Mora (born 1971, f)
Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942, f)
Péter Nádas (born 1942, f/nf)
Ádám Nádasdy (born 1947, nf/p)
Borbála Nádasdy (born 1939, f/nf)
Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991, p/nf)
Gáspár Nagy (1949–2007, p/nf)
László Németh (1903–1975, f/d/nf)
Nicolaus Olahus (1493–1568, nf)
Emma Orczy (1865–1947, f/d)
István Örkény (1912–1979, d/f)
Géza Ottlik (1912–1990, nf)

P–S[]

Janus Pannonius (1434–1472, p/nf)
Péter Pázmány (1570–1637, nf)
András Petőcz (born 1959, nf/p)
Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849, p)
György Petri (1943–2000, p)
Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708, nf/p)
János Pilinszky (1921–1981, p)
Susan Polgar (born 1969, nf)
Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944, p)
Lea Ráskay (fl. early 16th c., nf)
Kati Rekai (1921–2010, ch)
Endre Rózsa (1941–1995, p)
Ágnes Rapai (born 1952, p)
Jenő Rejtő (1905–1943, f/d)
Ferenc Sánta (1927–2008, f/d)
Regina Saphier (living, nf)
György Schwajda (1943–2010, d)
Kate Seredy (1899–1975, ch)
Henriett Seth-F. (born 1980, d/f)
Tamás Sipos (1931–2002, f/nf)
György Spiró (born 1946, d/f/nf)
András Sütő (1927–2006, f/nf/d)
Dezső Szabó (1879–1945, f/nf)
Lőrinc Szabó (1901–1957, p)
Magda Szabó (1917–2007, f/nf/ch)
Sándor Szathmári (1897–1974, nf)
Louis Szathmary (1919–1996, nf)
István Széchenyi (1791–1860, nf)
Noémi Szécsi (born 1976, f)
Júlia Székely (1906–1986, f/nf)
Mária Szepes (1908–2007, nf/d)
Antal Szerb (1901–1945, nf), Holocaust victim
Ede Szigligeti (1814–1878, d)
Edina Szvoren (born 1974, f)

T-Z[]

Judit Dukai Takách (1795-1836, p)
Áron Tamási (1897–1966, f/d)
Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos (c. 1510–1556, p/nf)
Kata Tisza (born 1980, f)
Mihály Tompa (1819–1868, p/nf)
Cécile Tormay (1876–1937, f/nf)
Árpád Tóth (1886–1928, p)
Kálmán Tóth (1831–1891, p/d)
János Vajda (1827–1897, p/nf)
Miklós Vámos (born 1950, nf/f/d)
Péter Veres (1897–1970, nf)
József Vészi (1858–1940, nf/p)
Mihály Vörösmarty (1800–1855, p/d)
Albert Wass (1908–1998, f/p)
Sándor Weöres (1913–1989, p/nf)
Robert Zend (1929–1985, f/p)
Lajos Zilahy (1891–1974, f/d)
Péter Zilahy (born 1970, p/d/f)
Miklós Zrínyi (1620–1664, p/nf)
Péter Zsoldos (1930–1997, f)
Béla Zsolt (1895–1949, d/f/nf)

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Robert B. Pynsent; Sonia I. Kanikova (1993). The Everyman Companion to East European Literature. Dent. ISBN 978-0-460-87201-0. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

[PynsentKanikova1993-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Robert B. Pynsent; Sonia I. Kanikova (1993). The Everyman Companion to East European Literature. Dent. ISBN 978-0-460-87201-0. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

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