Sándor Csoóri (3 February 1930 – 12 September 2016) was a Hungarian poet, essayist, writer, and politician.

Biography

In 1950, he graduated from the Reformed College in the town of Pápa ( :hu:Pápai Református Kollégium) and then studied at ELTE Institute, but dropped his studies because of illness. He worked in various journals, such as, during 1953-54, ''The Literary Newspaper'' and, from 1955 until 1956, he was the poetry section editor in "The New Sound" periodical. In 1956, he could not find work for a while and then, in 1960, as at the beginning of the Budapest University of Technology and newspaper editorial staff, he was the MAFILM dramaturg from 1968 until 1988. His first poems appeared in 1953, raising a big stir, being critical of the Rákosi era. The authorities soon noticed that Csoóri was not one of their supporters. He wrote criticizing the dictatorship's impact of personality, and the fate of rural people. He was under surveillance sometimes for years, and did not receive awards. He lived in

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, where he met with his friends, including

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, Ottó Orbán,

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Awards

* Attila József Prize (1954, 1970) *

Herder Prize The Herder Prize (german: Gottfried-von-Herder-Preis), named after the German philosopher Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803), was a prestigious international prize awarded every year from 1964 to 2006 to scholars and artists from Central and Sou ...

(1981) *

István Bibó Prize István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to: People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal * Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first ...

(1984) * The Book of the Year Award (1985, 1995, 2004) *

Tibor Déry Prize Tibor is a masculine given name found throughout Europe. There are several explanations for the origin of the name: * from Latin name Tiberius, which means "from Tiber", Tiber being a river in Rome. * in old Slavic languages, Tibor means "sacred pl ...

(1987) * Joseph Fitz Award (1989) *

Kossuth Prize The Kossuth Prize ( hu, Kossuth-díj) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1948 (on occasion of the centenary of the March 15th revolution, the d ...

(1990, 2012) * Sower Nívódíja Publishing (1990) * Radnóti Biennial Poetry prize (1990) *

Eeva Joenpelto Award EEVA, ''Eesti vanema kirjanduse digitaalne tekstikogu'' (Estonian for 'Digital Text Repository for Older Estonian Literature'), is a project of the University of Tartu Library, Department of Literature and Folklore of the University of Tartu and ...

(1995) * Károli Gáspár Award (1997) *

Hungarian Heritage Award The Hungarian Heritage Award ( hu, Magyar Örökség díj) is a distinction awarded to Hungarian institutions or persons who have contributed to activities of Hungarian culture, economy, sports or science, to ensure the spiritual uplift of Hungar ...

(1997, 2005) *

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary The Hungarian Order of Merit ( hu, Magyar Érdemrend) is the fourth highest State Order of Hungary. Founded in 1991, the order is a revival of an original order founded in 1946 and abolished in 1949. Its origins, however, can be traced to the ...

, Commander's Crosses with Star, civilian ( :hu:A Magyar Köztársasági Érdemrend középkeresztje a csillaggal, 2000) * Hungarian Art Prize (2004) *

Bálint Balassi Memorial Sword Award The Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award is a European award for literature presented in Budapest since 1997. The native form of this name is Balassi Bálint-emlékkard ( Balassi Bálint-emlékkard). This award commemorates the 16th century Hung ...

(2006) *

Prima Primissima Award Prima may refer to: * '' Prima'', a French women's magazine * Prima (news agency), a human rights news agency in Moscow * Prima (locomotive), a locomotive type by Alstom * Place of the Relevant Intermediary Approach, a legal doctrine applied in c ...

, 2008

Works in English

"Letter to the American Poet, Gregory Corso", ''AGNI''
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References

External links

* ttp://www.balassi.eu Official homepage of Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award which is founded by Pal Molnar Pal Molnar''this article includes material from'' ''this article'' ''in Kezdőlap'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Csoori, Sandor 1930 births 2016 deaths Hungarian male poets Hungarian essayists Male essayists Hungarian Democratic Forum politicians Budapest University of Technology and Economics alumni Commander's Crosses with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil) 20th-century Hungarian poets 21st-century Hungarian poets 20th-century essayists 21st-century essayists Herder Prize recipients 20th-century Hungarian male writers 21st-century Hungarian male writers Attila József Prize recipients