Laura Leiner (born 22 April 1985) is a Hungarian writer who made her publishing debut in 2005. Her most notable work is the series A Szent Johanna gimi (Joan of Arc High School), [1] [2] that she later clarified is fictitious and not based on her own life. [3]
The first part of Szent Johanna Gimi was released at the Book Festival of Hungary in 2010. [4] Two parts of the series were on the list of Libri's Gold Books in 2011 [5] and one in 2010 [6] She was the number one writer in Bookline's list of March 2012. [7]
Her books are written from the point of view of her readers' age group. The series has a cult following in Hungary. [8]
The University of Szeged is a public research university in Szeged, Hungary. Established as the Jesuit Academy of Kolozsvár in present-day Cluj-Napoca in 1581, the institution was re-established as a university in 1872 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. The university relocated to Szeged in 1921, making it one of the oldest research universities in Hungary. It went through numerous changes throughout the 20th century and was eventually divided into distinct independent universities.
János Arany was a Hungarian poet, writer, translator and journalist. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 102 ballads that have been translated into over 50 languages, as well as the Toldi trilogy.
RTL is a Hungarian free-to-air television channel owned by RTL Group.
Aalborg Damehåndbold is a former team handball club for women from Aalborg, Denmark.
LMP – Hungary's Green Party is a green-liberal political party in Hungary. Founded in 2009, it was one of four parties to win seats in the National Assembly in the 2010 parliamentary election. It is a member of the Global Greens, and suspended member of the European Green Party.
András Tibor Gerevich is a Hungarian poet, screenwriter, literary translator and professor of screenwriting at Budapest Metropolitan University and McDaniel College Budapest.
Dániel Böde is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays for Paksi FC as a forward.
Arany-Album is the sixth studio album of the Hungarian folk metal band Dalriada. The tracks are musicalized versions of popular works by János Arany. It won the 2009 HangSúly Hungarian Metal Awards out of 70 contestants and peaked at position 4 in the Hungarian Mahasz official charts.
Eduarda Idalina "Duda" Amorim Taleska is a Brazilian-Hungarian former handball player. She played most of her career in Győr as a player of Győri ETO KC, for whom she won five editions of the EHF Champions League. Amorim also played for Brazil women's national handball team for 15 years, winning the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship.
Érd NK is a Hungarian women's handball club from Érd, that play in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I (NBI) after gained promotion in 2010.
Éva Kiss is a retired Hungarian handball goalkeeper who most recently played for Győri ETO KC and the Hungarian national team. Since the 2020–21 season she serves as a goalkeeping coach at the Academy of Győri ETO KC. From 2022–23 season she is the goalkeeping coach for the first team as well.
Géza Szőcs was an ethnic Hungarian poet and politician from Transylvania, Romania, who served as Secretary of State for Culture of the Ministry of National Resources in Hungary from 2 June 2010 to 13 June 2012.
László Kovács is a Hungarian Slovene-language writer, amateur actor, and beekeeper. Kovács was born in Vashegyalja, Vas county, Hungary. His father, Vilmos Kovács, is of Hungarian descent, and his mother was a Slovene, Mária Zankócs. In the 1970s and 2000s, he taught in Apátistvánfalva. Between 1998 and 2006 he was the mayor of Apátistvánfalva. Kovács led the amateur theatrical company Veseli Pajdaši after Irén Barbér's death and authored a few comedies in Prekmurje Slovene, and with his group received the national prize A Nemzetiségi Hagyományok Átörökítéséért in 2010 at the ARCUSFEST international theater festival in Budapest.
RTL Kettő is a Hungarian commercial television channel, owned by RTL Group. It is rivaling with Super TV2 and Viasat3. The channel launched on 1 October 2012.
Tibor Frank was a Hungarian historian who was professor of history at the School of English and American Studies of the Faculty of Humanities of the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE). He was director of its School of English and American Studies. From 2013 he was corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), as of 2019 he was a full member.
Attila Bartis is a Romanian-born Hungarian writer, photographer, dramatist and journalist. He received the Attila József Prize in 2005. His books have been translated into over 20 different languages. In 2001, he published his second novel, Tranquility, which was adapted into film in 2008. In 2017, he became a member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.
Csaba Böjte is an ethnic Hungarian Franciscan friar, author, humanitarian, and director and founder of the Saint Francis Foundation of Deva, Romania. His foundation works to rescue homeless orphans in Transylvania.
Magvető is a Hungarian book publishing company based in Budapest. It primarily publishes domestic and international works of literary fiction.
Friends is the third poetry collection by András Gerevich. It was first published in 2009 by Kalligram Könyvkiadó.