Samu Benkő

cultural historian, essayist

Leordeni, 25 February 1928 – Budapest, 21 December 2021

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2011–2021)

An innocent laudator is faced with a difficult task in roughly two cases: first, when the honouree is exceedingly well-known; second, when their oeuvre is particularly extensive. In the first instance, the eulogy is confined to established facts; in the second, the brevity of time renders

Széchenyi Prize

Hungarian state award, successor to the State Prize of the Hungarian People’’s Republic, recognizing outstanding representatives of the scientific community. Classes: grand prize and prize.

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1994

governmental award

Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

One of the four highest Hungarian state awards is the Hungarian Order of Merit, which is granted in various grades to individuals who perform exemplary activities in culture, science, art, or their own field, in order to advance Hungary’’s interests and promote universal human values.

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