Kisszabos

Louis Barta

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* Kistapolca, 1878. Oct. 20. – † Budapest, 1964. Oct. 18. / writer, journalist ; ; Husband of Mária Szucsich. Studied law in Pécs and humanities in Bp. From 1904 he worked as a journalist in Pécs, from 1907 in Košice. He was the editor of Felső-Magyarország, then the Kassai Hírla... Read More

George Batta

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* Rimaszombat, 10 Jan. 1943 / poet, playwright, editor; ; Graduated from Tornalján (1959), completed a vocational qualification in mechanical engineering in Košice (1961), and obtained a Hungarian-Slovak teaching qualification in Nitra (1966). He worked as a journalist, working f... Read More

William Benczur

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* Košice, 1873. Dec. 17. – † ibid., 1940. / historian ; ; Between the two world wars he was an official of the Košice Savings Bank and the treasurer of the Kazinczy Society. He published in local newspapers, mainly dealing with the history of Košice. ; ; Works: The Freemasonry of... Read More

Paul Fecso

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* Košice, 1933. Jan. 2. – † Torna, 2004. Jan. 3. / journalist, poet ; ; He finished his schooling in Torná, Košice, Budapest and Komárom, where he graduated in 1953, and obtained a teaching certificate at the pedagogical high school in Rožňov. From 1955 he taught in Tornagörgő, f... Read More

István Fejer

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* Košice, 1911. Apr. 25. – † Budapest, 1976. Feb. 26. / journalist, editor, theater director ; ; He earned a diploma from the Technical College in Prague. From 1934 he worked in E. Burian's socialist-minded Prague theater D 34. In 1936 he founded the Prague Petőfi Circle, a popul... Read More

Shiny Samu

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* Tállya, 1863. Oct. 28. – † Vienna, 1937. Aug. 29. / writer, publicist, newspaper editor ; ; He graduated in law, and was a lawyer in Košice until 1907. In 1908, he founded the newspaper Úttörő in Bp., and was one of the founders of the Galilei circle. In Košice, he published in... Read More

Joseph Beres

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* March 20, 1917, Abaújszina - † February 2016, Košice / public figure ; ; His father, as a railway worker for the Hungarian Royal State Railways, did not take the oath of allegiance to Czechoslovakia, so he and his family became stateless in their homeland. Poverty accompanied h... Read More

Tinódi Lantos Sebestyén

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* Tinód, between 1505–1510 – † end of January 1556, Sárvár / significant figure of Hungarian epic poetry, the most outstanding singer of the 16th century ; ; His place of birth cannot be determined exactly, probably Tinód in Baranya County. Until 1542 he lived in Szigetvár at the... Read More

Jakoby Gyula

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* March 28, 1903, Košice, † April 15, 1985, Košice / painter ; ; In addition to his civilian occupation, he began to study drawing with Jenő Krón between 1922–1924, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest in 1926–1928, but returned to Košice after the second year, and liv... Read More

Bela Löffler

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* April 16, 1906, Košice - † February 11, 1990, Košice / One of the most significant sculptors of Košice ; ; He learned stone carving from Welimsky in Prague, and in 1932 he continued his studies in the workshop of Medgyessy and Vilt in Budapest. He made study trips to Paris and ... Read More