Aladár Lászlóffy

poet, writer

Turda, 18 May 1937 – Budapest, 19 April 2009

Posthumous associate member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2011–)

Aladár Lászlóffy’s poetic career followed a clear and consistent trajectory: after the darker worldview of his early poems, he also voiced the public hopes of the early 1960s. Later,

Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania

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1998governmental award

Kossuth Prize

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

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1997governmental 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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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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