Tibor Gyurkovics

writer

Budapest, 18 December 1931 – Budapest, 16 November 2008

Posthumous associate member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts

Tibor Gyurkovics saw his first poem appear in print in 1957, while the final quatrain he wrote bears the date 29 June 2008. Between these two moments unfolded the multifaceted and richly coloured oeuvre of one of the most distinctive – and at the same time most solitary – creators of Hungarian literature.

Kossuth Prize

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

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1992

governmental award

Officer’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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1982

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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