Motesíky Arpad

* January 1, 1941, Nagycétény - † October 28, 2020 / teacher, journalist, hunting writer ; ; Son of János Motesiky and Erzsébet Galgóczi. He graduated from the Hungarian Pedagogical High School in Bratislava (1959). He worked as a miner for a year in Nyitranovak, then from 1960 to 1968 he was a teacher at the Nagycétény primary school. From 1968 to 1970 he was the district secretary of the Csemadok in Nitra, then again a teacher in Nagycétény until 1975. ; At that time he was dismissed for political reasons and became a material purchaser for the Tesla works in Verebély. He worked as a material purchaser until 1990, then as a journalist. ; Reporter for Hét in 1992–1995, and Életünk in 1996–1998. weekly, from 2002 to 2006 he was a contributor to the Múltunk emlékei magazine. Author of reports, articles on hunting, editor of several anthologies, collections, and hunting calendars. ; Member of the Slovak Hunting Association since 1996. He retired in 1998. ; ; Works ; 1966 A dream book for hunters and hunters' wives. Nyitra ; 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Slovak hunting calendar. Nyitra, Agro Tár ; 1975 A reading book for the 5th grade of elementary schools. Bratislava ; 1992 The former memorial column of Zobor Hill. Homeland Knowledge XX/1, 25. ; 1993 The teacher... (in Kolon, at the inauguration of the memorial plaque of László A. Arany). A Hét 38/31, 4. ; Four Highland Hunters. György Gyimesi, Vidor Jurán, Ödön Justh, Árpád Motesiky, TerraPrint, Bp., 1996 ; 1996 Tréfatarisznya. Budapest (author: Ferenczy Ferenc) ; 1997 Mikszáth's Two Foxes. Nyitra ; 1997 Vadkacaj (author: Ferenczy Ferenc). Budapest ; 1998 Knight of the War of Independence. Hunting in Cseklés, TerraPrint, Bp. ; 1998 György Beregszászi–Pál Csőre–Árpád Motesiky: The Dark Side of Hunting. Hunting Accidents, Collisions with Game, TerraPrint, Bp. ; 1998 Hunting, Memories. Budapest (author: Jurán Vidor) ; 1995–1999 From the Memories of Fifty Hunters I-X. Short Stories. Budapest; 1999 The Roar of the Deer. Budapest (ed. Jenő Izsák, István Tálosi); 1999 Hunting Book Club 1993–1999. Report. Yearbook of the Hunting Book Club Association. Budapest; 2000 Relics. Budapest (ed. Vidor Jurán); 2000 László Molnár–Árpád Motesiky: The Life and Legend of Count Károly Forgách and His Family, TerraPrint, Bp.; 2001 From Lévától Nagymarosig. The Life and Work of Kálmán Kittenberger, ed. Árpád Motesiky, Terraprint, Bp.; 2001 Biographical Lexicon of Upper Hungarian Hunters, KT, Komárno; 2001 In Memory of Alajos Stróbl, TerraPrint, Bp. ; 2002 The heathers are opening on the castle hill, Héthatár Bt., Pécs, (Hetedhéthatár-füzetek) ; 2003 Felvidéki Vádászörökség. Budapest ; 2004 Társas vádászkönyv. Budapest (ed. Zoltán János, short story) ; 2004–2005 From the memories of hunters I-II. Budapest (short stories) ; 2006 Vádászörömök – our hunting heritage. Hunting writings of the past, ed., sz., biographies, celestial signs, dream interpretation and recipes were recorded by Árpád Motesiky, KT, Komárom ; 2014 Cétényke shore stories and legends. Kolárovo ; ; Acknowledgements ; · Nimród Hunter Medal; · István Bársony Award; · Won first prize in the Free Farmer literary competition (1965)