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Sándor Bródy Prize
The Sándor Bródy Prize is a Hungarian literary award founded in 1995 by Alexander Brody, a :Hungarian American, in honor of his grandfather, the Hungarian writer Sándor Bródy. It is given annually, for the best first novel of the year. It carries a monetary award, and financial assistance to the publication of the second novel of the author. Winners *1995: Simon Balázs, Szilasi László *1996: Hamvai Kornél *1997: Péter Farkas, Salamon András *1998: Zoltán Gábor *1999: Ajtony Árpád *2000: Jusztin Harsona *2001: Szálinger Balázs *2002: Krisztián Grecsó *2003: György Dragomán *2004: Murányi Zita and Nagy Gabriella *2005: Gazdag József *2006: Szakács István *2007: Harcos Bálint *2008: Dunajcsik Mátyás *2009: Peter Huncik *2010: Angi Máté *2011: Edina Szvoren Edina Szvoren (born 1974) is a Hungarian writer. She was born in Budapest and studied music at the Béla Bartók Music High School and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Books * ''Pertu'', 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Language
Hungarian, or Magyar (, ), is an Ugric language of the Uralic language family spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighboring countries. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Outside Hungary, it is also spoken by Hungarians, Hungarian communities in southern Slovakia, western Ukraine (Zakarpattia Oblast, Transcarpathia), central and western Romania (Transylvania), northern Serbia (Vojvodina), northern Croatia, northeastern Slovenia (Prekmurje), and eastern Austria (Burgenland). It is also spoken by Hungarian diaspora communities worldwide, especially in North America (particularly the Hungarian Americans, United States and Canada) and Israel. With 14 million speakers, it is the Uralic family's most widely spoken language. Classification Hungarian is a member of the Uralic language family. Linguistic connections between Hungarian and other Uralic languages were noticed in the 1670s, and the family's existenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
:Hungarian American
Hungarian Americans (, ) are Americans of Hungarian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau has estimated that there are approximately 1.396 million Americans of Hungarian descent as of 2018. The total number of people with ethnic Hungarian background is estimated to be around 4 million. The largest concentration is in the Greater Cleveland Metropolitan Area in Northeast Ohio. At one time, the presence of Hungarians within Cleveland proper was so great that the city was known as the "American Debrecen," with one of the highest concentrations of Hungarians in the world. History In 1583, Hungarian poet Stephanus Parmenius joined Humphrey Gilbert's expedition to North America with the intention of writing a chronicle of the voyage and its discoveries. Parmenius reached Newfoundland, likely becoming the first Hungarian in the New World. Hungarians have long settled in the New World, such as Michael de Kovats, the founder of United States Cavalry, active in the American Revolution. Hung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
