Lajos Grendel

writer

Levice, 6 April 1948 – Bratislava, 18 December 2018

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2012–2018)

For decades, Lajos Grendel has been a fixed star of contemporary Hungarian prose, a living classic. A fixed star, since his continually expanding and renewing body of work keeps offering fresh surprises, each of which deserves renewed attention.

Márai Sándor Award

State award granted for an author’’s lifetime achievement, for an outstanding prose volume published in the year preceding the award, or for a Hungarian author’’s internationally recognized work. It is a mid-level artistic award conferred by the minister responsible for culture and one of the highest professional recognitions in Hungarian literature.

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1999

governmental award

Kossuth Prize

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

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1990

governmental award

József Attila Award

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

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1989

governmental award

Meritorious Artist of the Hungarian People’s Republic

State award for artists who have created outstanding artistic values over a prolonged period in Hungarian national culture and artistic fields (theatre, music, dance, circus, film, visual, photography, applied arts), and who already hold an artistic award granted by the minister responsible for culture. The recipient is entitled to the title “Meritorious Artist of Hungary” (short: “Meritorious Artist”).

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