Kossuth Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1948) Winner
Ferenc Erdei
フェレンツ・エルデイ
Ferenc Erdei
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1910-12-24 （Makó, Csanád County, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary）
- Died
- 1971-05-11 （Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic） age 60
- Nationality
- Hungarian
- Languages
- Hungarian
- Residence History
- Makó (birthplace) → Szeged (university studies) → Budapest (main place of activity) → Tököl (site of negotiations/arrest)
Career
- Occupations
- sociologist, politician
- Active Years
- 1929-1971
- Affiliations
- National Peasant Party (NPP), Hungarian Working People's Party (MDP), Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP), Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Memberships
- Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Member of the National Assembly of Hungary (multiple terms)
- Influenced By
- Karl Marx
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franz Joseph University (Szeged) | Faculty of Law and Political Science | Sociology | 学位（社会学） | 1929–1934 | Hungary |
Franz Joseph University (Szeged)
Faculty of Law and Political Science
/ Sociology
Degree:
学位（社会学）
Period:
1929–1934
Year of Graduation:
1934
Country:
Hungary
Introduced to Marxist ideas while at university; after graduation he studied cooperative economic systems in several European countries.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Kossuth Prize | — | — | State of Hungary / cultural institutions | 受賞 |
| 1962 | Kossuth Prize | — | — | State of Hungary / cultural institutions | 受賞 |
| 1948 | Order of Kossuth, 1st Class | — | — | State of Hungary | 授与 |
| 1970 | Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary, 1st Class | — | — | State of Hungary | 授与 |
| 1949 | Order of the White Lion, Grand Cross | — | — | Czechoslovak government | 授与 |
| 1968 | Order of the Lion of Finland, Commander Grand Cross | — | — | State of Finland | 授与 |
Kossuth Prize
1948
Organization:
State of Hungary / cultural institutions
Result:
受賞
Kossuth Prize
1962
Organization:
State of Hungary / cultural institutions
Result:
受賞
Order of Kossuth, 1st Class
1948
Organization:
State of Hungary
Result:
授与
Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary, 1st Class
1970
Organization:
State of Hungary
Result:
授与
Order of the White Lion, Grand Cross
1949
Organization:
Czechoslovak government
Result:
授与
Order of the Lion of Finland, Commander Grand Cross
1968
Organization:
State of Finland
Result:
授与
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Study on the Hungarian Peasantry
1937 Sociological studyA sociological investigation of rural society focusing on smallholders and peasantry, discussing cooperative movements and issues of agricultural modernization.
rural societycooperative movementsclass and stratification
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- academicempirical
- Recurring Motifs
- rural and peasant perspectivesrole of cooperatives
Legacy
Known for his sociological scholarship and multiple ministerial roles in postwar Hungary. During the 1956 revolution he voiced support for multi-party reform; later he returned to academia and served in leadership at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, leaving an impact on both scholarship and public life.
Academic Societies
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Archives
- Archives of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Trivia
- Served as Minister of the Interior in the provisional government in 1944.
- A close colleague of Imre Nagy during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution; he supported multi-party reform and was arrested during the Tököl negotiations but later released.
- Received the Kossuth Prize in 1948 and 1962.
- Served as General Secretary of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1957–1964 and again from 1970 until his death.