Margit Ács

writer

Budapest, 11 June 1941

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2011–)

Margit Ács’s first book, the short story collection Csak víz és levegő (lit. Only Water and Air), appeared in 1977, when its author – then serving as an editor at Szépirodalmi Publishing House – was thirty-six years of age. In the

Kossuth Prize

The highest Hungarian state decoration for the cultivation and preservation of Hungarian culture.

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2016governmental award

Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit

One of the four highest Hungarian state decorations is the Order of Merit of Hungary, whose grades are awarded to individuals who have demonstrated exemplary activity in culture, science, art, or their own professional field – to promote Hungary’’s interests and the advancement of universal human values.

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2013governmental award

Laurel Wreath Award of Hungary

Hungarian state award for those who have achieved outstanding performance in the field of Hungarian literature and already hold an artistic award granted by the minister responsible for culture.

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1991governmental award

József Attila Award

The highest state literary award for outstanding literary activity, awarded by the current Minister of Culture.

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