Béla Márkus

literary historian

Bükkaranyos, 11 December 1945

Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2015–2023)

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2023–)

Béla Márkus began his career as a literary critic. He entered what Lajos Szakolczay terms the “heroic age,” when “the mercantile spirit had not yet overrun culture, and when writing

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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1997governmental award

József Attila Award

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

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