List of Hungarian writers

Last updated July 10, 2025

Below is an alphabetical list of notable Hungarian writers. Abbreviations: children's (ch), comedy (co), drama (d), fiction (f), non-fiction (nf), poetry (p)

A–B

Emil Ábrányi (1850–1920, nf)
Endre Ady (1877–1919, p, nf)^[1]
Mariska Ady (1888–1977, f/p)
Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932, nf)
Péter Apor (1676–1752, nf)
Lajos Áprily (1887–1965, p)
János Arany (1817–1882, p)^[1]
Mihály Babits (1883–1941, p/f/nf)^[1]
József Bajza (1804–1858, nf/p)
Stefano Bakonyi (1892–1969, nf)
Bálint Balassi (1554–1594, p)^[1]
Béla Balázs (1884–1949, nf/p)
Zsófia Balla (born 1949, p/nf)
Linda Vero Ban (born 1976, nf)
Zsófia Bán (born 1957, f/nf)
Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950, nf/p)
Janos Bardi (1923–1990, nf/f/d)
János Batsányi (1763–1845, p)
Elek Benedek (1859–1929, nf/ch)
Dániel Berzsenyi (1776–1836, p/nf)^[1]
György Bessenyei (1747–1811, d/p)
Kata Bethlen (1700–1759, nf)^[1]
Amália Bezerédj (1804–1837, f)
László Z. Bitó (1934–2021, f/nf)
Ádám Bodor (born 1936, nf)
Janka Boga (1886–1963, d/nf)
Katalin Bogyay (born 1956, nf)
Edith Bone (1889–1975, nf)
Péter Bornemisza (1535–1584, nf/d)^[1]
Ágota Bozai (born 1965, f/nf)
Sándor Bródy (1863–1924, nf/f)
Edith Bruck (born 1932, f/d)
Zsuzsanna Budapest (born 1940, nf/d)

C–F

Géza Csáth (1887–1919, f/d/nf)
Gergely Csiky (1842–1891, d/f/nf)
Mihály Csokonai Vitéz (1773–1805, p/d)^[1]
Sándor Csoóri (1930–2016, nf/p)
György Dalos (born 1943, f/nf)
Anna Dániel (1908–2003, f/ch/nf)
József Darvas (1912–1973, nf)
Zsófia Dénes (1885–1987, nf)
Tibor Déry (1894–1977, nf/f)
József Eötvös (1813–1871, nf)^[1]
Renée Erdős (1879–1956, p/f)
Péter Esterházy (1950–2016, nf/f)^[1]
Kinga Fabó (1953–2021, p/nf)
Ferenc Faludi (1704–1779, p)^[1]
György Faludy (1910–2006, p/nf)
Ladislas Farago (1906–1980, nf)
András Fáy (1786–1864, p/d/f)
Mihály Fazekas (1766–1828, p/ch)
Klára Fehér (1919–1996, f/ch)
István Fekete (1900–1970, f/ch)
Miksa Fenyő (1877–1972, nf/f)
Éva Földes (1914–1981, nf)
Jolán Földes (1902–1963, d/f)
Milán Füst (1888–1967, f/nf/p)^[1]

G-J

Erzsébet Galgóczi (1930–1989, f/d)
János Garay (1812–1853, p/f)
Géza Gárdonyi (1863–1922, f/nf)
Andor Gellért (1907-1990, nf)
András Gerevich (born 1976, p)^[2]
Ágnes Gergely (born 1933, f/p)
Gábor Görgey (1929–2022, p/d/f)
Alisz Goriupp (1894–1979, nf)
István Gyöngyösi (1620–1704, p)^[1]
Géza Gyóni (1884–1917, p)
Béla Hamvas (1897–1968, nf/f)
Attila Hazai (1967–2012, f/nf)
Etelka Kenéz Heka (1936–2024, p/f)
Gáspár Heltai (c. 1490–1574, nf)^[1]
Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1954, d/f)
Gyula Hernádi (1926–2005, d/f)
Gyula Hornyánszky (1869-1933, nf)
Sándor Hunyady (1890–1942, f/d)
Ignotus (1869–1949, p/f/nf)
Gyula Illyés (1902–1983, p/f/d)^[1]
Éva Janikovszky (1926–2003, ch/f)
Ida Jenbach (1868 – c. 1943, nf)
Mór Jókai (1825–1904, f/d/nf)
Attila József (1905–1937, p)
Gyula Juhász (1883–1937, p)
Vilmos Juhász (1899–1967, nf)

K

Eduard Kabos (1864–1923, co/d/f)
Margit Kaffka (1880–1918, f/p/nf)
László Kálnoky (1912–1985, p)
Sándor Kányádi (1929–2018, p/ch)
Teréz Karacs (1808–1892, nf)
Ferenc Karinthy (1921–1992, f/d/nf)
Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938, d/p)
József Kármán (1769–1795, f/nf)
György Károly (1953–2018, p/nf)
Lajos Kassák (1887–1967, p/f/nf)
József Katona (1791–1830, d/p)
Ferenc Kazinczy (1759–1831, nf/p)
Zsigmond Kemény (1814–1875, nf/f)
Géza Képes (1909–1989, p/nf)
Rivka Keren (born 1946, f/ch)
Imre Kertész (1929–2016, p/f), Nobel laureate, 2002
Annamária Kinde (1956–2014, p/nf)
Károly Kisfaludy (1788–1830, d)
Sándor Kisfaludy (1772–1844, p/d)
Ephraim Kishon (1924–2004, f/nf/d)
Noémi Kiss (born 1974, f/nf)
János Kodolányi (1899–1969, f/d/nf)
Arthur Koestler (1905–1983, f/nf)
Ferenc Kölcsey (1790–1838, p/nf)
György Konrád (1933–2019, f/nf)
Ferenc Körmendi (1900–1972, f)
Károly Kós (1883–1977, f/nf)
Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936, p/nf/d)
Helene Kottanner (fl. 15th c, nf)
Agota Kristof (1935–2011, p/f)
Žofia Kubini (17th c., p)
László Krasznahorkai (born 1954, f/d) Man Booker International Prize winner 2015
Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933, f)

L–O

László Ladányi (1907–1992, p/f)
Menyhért Lakatos (1926-2007)
Miklós László (1903–1973, d)
Ervin Lázár (1936–2006, f/ch)
Ágnes Lehóczky (born 1976, p)
Laura Leiner (born 1985, f)
Menyhért Lengyel (1880–1974, d)
Ignatz Lichtenstein (1824–1909, nf)
László L. Lőrincz (born 1939, f/nf)
Mária Bajzek Lukács (born 1960, nf)
Imre Madách (1823–1864, p/d)
Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992, nf)
Réka Mán-Várhegyi (born 1979, f)
Iván Mándy (1918–1995, nf)
Sándor Márai (1900–1989, f/p)
Béla Markó (born 1951, nf)
Kati Marton (born 1949, nf)
Tibor Méray (1924–2020, nf/f)
Kelemen Mikes (1690–1791, nf)
Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1910, f/nf)
Béláné Mocsáry (1845–1917, nf)
Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952, d/p)
Jean-Pierre Montcassen (born 1957, f/p)
József Molnár (1918–2009, nf)
Ferenc Móra (1879–1934, f/nf)
Terézia Mora (born 1971, f)
Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942, f)
Péter Nádas (born 1942, f/nf)
Ádám Nádasdy (born 1947, nf/p)
Borbála Nádasdy (born 1939, f/nf)
Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991, p/nf)
Gáspár Nagy (1949–2007, p/nf)
László Németh (1903–1975, f/d/nf)
Nicolaus Olahus (1493–1568, nf)
Emma Orczy (1865–1947, f/d)
István Örkény (1912–1979, d/f)
Géza Ottlik (1912–1990, nf)

P–S

Janus Pannonius (1434–1472, p/nf)
Péter Pázmány (1570–1637, nf)
András Petőcz (born 1959, nf/p)
Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849, p)
György Petri (1943–2000, p)
Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708, nf/p)
János Pilinszky (1921–1981, p)
Susan Polgar (born 1969, nf)
Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944, p)
Lea Ráskay (fl. early 16th c., nf)
Kati Rekai (1921–2010, ch)
Radoslav Rochallyi (born 1980, f/nf/p)
Endre Rózsa (1941–1995, p)
Ágnes Rapai (born 1952, p)
Jenő Rejtő (1905–1943, f/d)
Ferenc Sánta (1927–2008, f/d)
Regina Saphier (living, nf)
György Schwajda (1943–2010, d)
Kate Seredy (1899–1975, ch)
Henriett Seth-F. (born 1980, d/f)
Tamás Sipos (1931–2002, f/nf)
György Spiró (born 1946, d/f/nf)
András Sütő (1927–2006, f/nf/d)
Dezső Szabó (1879–1945, f/nf)
Lőrinc Szabó (1901–1957, p)
Magda Szabó (1917–2007, f/nf/ch)
Sándor Szathmári (1897–1974, nf)
Louis Szathmary (1919–1996, nf)
István Széchenyi (1791–1860, nf)
Noémi Szécsi (born 1976, f)
Júlia Székely (1906–1986, f/nf)
Mária Szepes (1908–2007, nf/d)
Antal Szerb (1901–1945, nf), Holocaust victim
Ede Szigligeti (1814–1878, d)
Edina Szvoren (born 1974, f)

T-Z

Judit Dukai Takách (1795-1836, p)
Áron Tamási (1897–1966, f/d)
Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos (c. 1510–1556, p/nf)
Kata Tisza (born 1980, f)
Mihály Tompa (1819–1868, p/nf)
Cécile Tormay (1876–1937, f/nf)
Árpád Tóth (1886–1928, p)
Kálmán Tóth (1831–1891, p/d)
János Vajda (1827–1897, p/nf)
Miklós Vámos (born 1950, nf/f/d)
Péter Veres (1897–1970, nf)
József Vészi (1858–1940, nf/p)
Mihály Vörösmarty (1800–1855, p/d)
Albert Wass (1908–1998, f/p)
Sándor Weöres (1913–1989, p/nf)
Robert Zend (1929–1985, f/p)
Lajos Zilahy (1891–1974, f/d)
Péter Zilahy (born 1970, p/d/f)
Miklós Zrínyi (1620–1664, p/nf)
Péter Zsoldos (1930–1997, f)
Béla Zsolt (1895–1949, d/f/nf)

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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.
↑ Queer Stories of Europe. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2016. pp. 19–20. ISBN 9781443855617.

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[PynsentKanikova1993-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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.

[2] Queer Stories of Europe. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2016. pp. 19–20. ISBN 9781443855617.

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List of Hungarian writers

Contents

A–B

C–F

G-J

K

L–O

P–S

T-Z

References