Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts

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The Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts (Hungarian : Széchenyi Irodalmi és Művészeti Akadémia) was created in 1992 as an academy associated yet independent from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. It is intended to be the national academy of artists and writers, who could be elected to the HAS until the 1949 reforms. The president is Károly Makk, film director. Earlier it was László Dobszay (resigned [1] on April 20, 2011).

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  1. ↑ Lemond a Széchenyi Irodalmi és Művészeti Akadémia két vezetője, MTI

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