List of Hungarian writers

Below is an alphabetical list of notable Hungarian writers.

A-B

• Emil Ábrányi (1850–1920)
• Endre Ady (1877–1919)[1]
• Mariska Ady (1888–1977)
• Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932)
• Péter Apor (1676–1752)
• Lajos Áprily (1887–1965)
• János Arany (1817–1882)[1]
• Mihály Babits (1883–1941)[1]
• József Bajza (1804–1858)
• Stefano Bakonyi (1892–1969)
• Bálint Balassi (1554–1594)[1]
• Béla Balázs (1884–1949)
• Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950)
• Janos Bardi (1923–1990)
• János Batsányi (1763–1845)
• Elek Benedek (1859–1929)
• Dániel Berzsenyi (1776–1836)[1]
• György Bessenyei (1747–1811)
• Kata Bethlen (1700–1759)[1]
• László Z. Bitó (born 1934)
• Ádám Bodor (born 1936)
• Péter Bornemisza (1535–1584)[1]
• Ágota Bozai (born 1965)
• Sándor Bródy (1863–1924)

C-F

• Géza Csáth (1887–1919)
• Gergely Csiky (1842–1891)
• Mihály Csokonai Vitéz (1773–1805).[1]
• Sándor Csoóri (born 1930)
• György Dalos (born 1943)
• József Darvas (1912–1973)
• Zsófia Dénes (1885–1987)
• Tibor Déry (1894–1977)
• Tas László Dobos (born 1947)
• József Eötvös (1813–1871).[1]
• Péter Esterházy (1950–2016).[1]
• Ferenc Faludi (1704–1779).[1]
• György Faludy (1910–2006)
• Ladislas Farago (1906–1980)
• András Fáy (1786–1864)
• Mihály Fazekas (1766–1828)
• István Fekete (1900–1970)
• Miksa Fenyő (1877–1972)
• Jolán Földes (1902–1963)
• Milán Füst (1888–1967).[1]

G-J

• Erzsébet Galgóczi (1930–1989)
• János Garay (1812–1853)
• Géza Gárdonyi (1863–1922)
• Gábor Görgey (born 1929)
• István Gyöngyösi (1620–1704).[1]
• Géza Gyóni (1884–1917)
• Béla Hamvas (1897–1968)
• Attila Hazai (1967–2012)
• Gáspár Heltai (c. 1490–1574).[1]
• Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1954)
• Gyula Hernádi (1926–2005)
• János Horváth (1878–1953)
• Sándor Hunyady (1890–1942)
• Ignotus (1869–1949)
• Gyula Illyés (1902–1983).[1]
• Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003)
• Mór Jókai (1825–1904)
• Attila József (1905–1937)
• Gyula Juhász (1883–1937)
• Vilmos Juhász (1899–1967)

K

• Margit Kaffka (1880–1918)
• László Kálnoky (1912–1985)
• Sándor Kányádi (born 1929)
• Ferenc Karinthy (1921–1992)
• Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938)
• József Kármán (1769–1795)
• György Károly (born 1953)
• Lajos Kassák (1887–1967)
• József Katona (1791–1830)
• Ferenc Kazinczy (1759–1831)
• Zsigmond Kemény (1814–1875)
• Etelka Kenéz Heka (born 1936)
• Géza Képes (1909–1989)
• Imre Kertész (born 1929) Nobel Prize winner in 2002
• Károly Kisfaludy (1788–1830)
• Sándor Kisfaludy (1772–1844)
• Ephraim Kishon (1924–2004)
• János Kodolányi (1899–1969)
• Arthur Koestler (1905–1983)
• Ferenc Kölcsey (1790–1838)
• György Konrád (born 1933)
• Ferenc Körmendi (1900–1972)
• Károly Kós (1883–1977)
• Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936)
• Žofia Kubini (17th century)
• László Krasznahorkai (born 1954) Man Booker International Prize winner in 2015
• Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933)

L-O

• Miklós László (1903–1973)
• Ervin Lázár (1936–2006)
• Menyhért Lengyel (1880–1974)
• Ignatz Lichtenstein (1824–1909)
• László L. Lőrincz (born 1939)
• László Ladányi (1907–1992)
• Imre Madách (1823–1864)
• Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992)
• Iván Mándy (1918–1995)
• Sándor Márai (1900–1989)
• Béla Markó (born 1951)
• Tibor Méray (born 1924) (hu)
• Kelemen Mikes (1690–1791)
• Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1910)
• Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952)
• Jean-Pierre Montcassen (born 1957)
• József Molnár (1918–2009)
• Ferenc Móra (1879–1934)
• Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942)
• Péter Nádas (born 1942)
• Ádám Nádasdy (born 1947)
• Gáspár Nagy (1949–2007)
• László Németh (1903–1975)
• Nicolaus Olahus (1493–1568)
• Emma Orczy (1865–1947)
• István Örkény (1912–1979)
• Géza Ottlik (1912–1990)

P-S

• Janus Pannonius (1434–1472)
• Péter Pázmány (1570–1637)
• András Petőcz (born 1959)
• Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849)
• György Petri (1943–2000)
• János Pilinszky (1921–1981)
• Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944)
• Endre Rózsa (1941–1995)
• Agnes Rapai (born 1952)
• Jenő Rejtő (1905–1943)
• Ferenc Sánta (1927–2008)
• György Schwajda (1943–2010)
• Henriett Seth-F. (born 1980), autistic writer
• Tamás Sipos (1931–2002)
• György Spiró (born 1946)
• András Sütő (1927–2006)
• Dezső Szabó (1879–1945)
• Lőrinc Szabó (1901–1957)
• Magda Szabó (1917–2007)
• Sándor Szathmári (1897–1974)
• Louis Szathmary (1919–1996)
• István Széchenyi (1791–1860), comte
• Mária Szepes (1908–2007)
• Antal Szerb (1901–1945)
• Ede Szigligeti (1814–1878)

T-Z

• Áron Tamási (1897–1966)
• Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos (c. 1510–1556)
• Mihály Tompa (1819–1868)
• Cécile Tormay (1876–1937)
• Árpád Tóth (1886–1928)
• Kálmán Tóth (1831–1891)
• János Vajda (1827–1897)
• Miklós Vámos (born 1950)
• Péter Veres (1897–1970)
• József Vészi (1858–1940)
• Mihály Vörösmarty (1800–1855)
• Albert Wass (1908–1998)
• Sándor Weöres (1913–1989)
• Robert Zend (1929–1985)
• Lajos Zilahy (1891–1974)
• Peter Zilahy (born 1970)
• Miklós Zrínyi (1620–1664)
• Péter Zsoldos (1930–1997)
• Béla Zsolt (1895–1949)

References

1. Robert B. Pynsent; Sonia I. Kanikova (1993). The Everyman Companion to East European Literature. Dent. ISBN 978-0-460-87201-0. Retrieved 7 April 2013.