Kossuth Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1954) Winner
Péter Kuczka
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Péter Kuczka
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1923-03-01 （Székesfehérvár）
- Died
- 1999-12-08 （Budapest） age 76
- Nationality
- Hungarian
- Languages
- Hungarian
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Székesfehérvár → Budapest
Career
- Occupations
- writer, poet, science fiction editor, comic writer
- Active Years
- 1940-1999
- Affiliations
- Móra Ferenc könyvkiadó, Galaktika
- Influenced
- István Nemere
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | József Attila Prize | — | — | Hungarian Ministry of Culture | 受賞 |
| 1954 | Kossuth Prize | — | — | Government of Hungary | 受賞 |
József Attila Prize
1950
Organization:
Hungarian Ministry of Culture
Result:
受賞
Kossuth Prize
1954
Organization:
Government of Hungary
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Bibliography
- Kuczka Péter: éveken át, selections from 1942 to 1988
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- militant, direct, raw, often prose-wise, agitative poetry
Legacy
Influential figure in Hungarian science fiction literature as editor of the Galaktika anthology and Kozmosz Fantasztikus Könyvek series. Promoted humanistic and philosophical SF from diverse nationalities.
Quotes
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I believed in Communism, I felt and knew more and more, I wanted to be a writer for the Party, serving the set goals. I had no doubt that with the full mastery and experience of Marxism-Leninism we could arrive at socialist realism, considered to be the pinnacle of literature.
Source: Autobiographical statement
Trivia
- After WWII, served as a mouthpiece for the Communist Rákosi regime.
- Disliked Star Trek, leading to its neglect in Hungary during the socialist era.