WRITER

István Örkény

1912 - 1979

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István György Örkény (5 April 1912, Budapest – 24 June 1979, Budapest) was a Hungarian writer whose plays and novels often featured grotesque situations. He was a recipient of the Kossuth Prize in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. István Örkény is the 3,913th most popular writer (down from 3,452nd in 2019), the 448th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 368th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, István Örkény ranks 3,913 out of 7,302. Before him are Nikolay Novikov, Nikola Vaptsarov, Saken Seifullin, Zhou Zuoren, Mika Antić, and Friedrich von Bodenstedt. After him are Athol Fugard, Apollon Maykov, Fadwa Tuqan, Seán O'Casey, Charles Grandison Finney, and Michael Blake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, István Örkény ranks 221. Before him are Bojan Adamič, Émile Allais, Nam Sung-yong, Ferdinand Leitner, Rudi Fischer, and Sabiha Kasimati. After him are Jaroslav Bouček, Julián Berrendero, Jehan Buhan, Roger Courtois, Winthrop Rockefeller, and Robert Jacobsen. Among people deceased in 1979, István Örkény ranks 159. Before him are Imre Harangi, John Wright, John Diefenbaker, Tapio Rautavaara, Georgy Beriev, and Bruno Apitz. After him are Hans von Funck, Mahmoud Taleghani, Volodymyr Ivasyuk, Marcel Jouhandeau, Donny Hathaway, and Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, István Örkény ranks 448 out of 1,077. Before him are Imre Makovecz (1935), Gyula Breyer (1893), Alfréd Haar (1885), Ödön Földessy (1929), Éva Marton (1943), and Vilma Bánky (1901). After him are Joe Bugner (1950), Dezső Gyarmati (1927), Tibor Szamuely (1890), Eugen Varga (1879), Emil Zuckerkandl (1849), and Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin (1855).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, István Örkény ranks 45. Before him are Géza Gárdonyi (1863), Mihály Babits (1883), Tibor Déry (1894), Gyula Krúdy (1878), Ferenc Kölcsey (1790), and Milán Füst (1888). After him are Ferenc Fejtő (1909), Zsigmond Móricz (1879), Edith Bruck (1931), Yuriy Venelin (1802), Gyula Illyés (1902), and Sándor Weöres (1913).

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