Ervin Lázár

Ervin Lázár ( born May 5, 1936 in Budapest, † December 22, 2006 ) was a Hungarian writer and storyteller. He wrote mainly children's books. Lázár was Kossuth Prize winner and member of the Digital Literary Academy.

Curriculum vitae

Ervin Lázár grew up in Alsó Rácegrespusztaim Tolna County, where his family lived until 1951. His father, István Lázár manager was on a farm, his mother was Etelka Pentz. He attended school in Rácegrespuszta and later in Sárszentlőrinc. At the age of 10 he joined the Cistercian school in Székesfehérvár. After the school was nationalized in 1948, he received private lessons in Sárszentlőrinc. As of October 1950, he visited the Garay János High School. First visit to the school he was denied due to his father's social class. Only when a relative employed in his recording, he was permitted to attend school. His parents were regarded as alien class, although they were poorer than the other inhabitants of the area after the land reform of 1945. In 1951 they had to leave the official residence, after which the family moved to Tüskéspuszta. In 1954 Lázár passed the matriculation examination. He then studied at the Philosophical Faculty of the Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest.

Ervin Lázár told in a 2004 interview with Kinga Erős, which was published in the journal of the Hungarian Writers' Union Magyar Napló:

Original Quote:

From 1959 to 1963 he wrote for the Pécs evening newspaper Esti Pécsi Napló. In 1961 he graduated from the teacher's diploma in the subject Hungarian. Later he worked at the newspaper Dunántúli Napló and together with Tibor Tüskés at the literary magazine Jelenkor. In 1965 he moved to Budapest, where he received a job as a makeup editor at the literary magazine Élet és Irodalom. Between 1971 and 1989 he was a freelance writer. On 1 October 1989 he became a founding member of the journal Magyar Fórum ( "Hungarian Forum " ), where he was nearly a year of executives. In the following years he worked for the newspaper Magyar Napló, Pesti Hírlap and Magyar Nemzet. From 1992 he was editor at the magazine Hitel.

From 1991 to 1994 he was a member of the Magyar Újságírók Országos Szövetségének ( " National Association of Hungarian Journalists "). From 1996 he was also a member of the Magyar Írószövetség ( "Hungarian Writers' Union "). In 2005, Péter Gárdos turned on the basis of three novellas lazars the film A porcelánbaba ( " The Porcelain Doll" ).

Ervin Lázár died in December 2006 in Budapest, where he was buried in the cemetery Farkasréti temető.

His work

Ervin Lázár is mainly known for his fairy tales. The majority of his inspiration he drew from his childhood. Lazar's texts were often worked for radio plays on the radio, which are popular with both children and adults. The language in his works is unique and playful.

His first novel, entitled Jelenkor ( "present" ) appeared in 1958. In 1964, the band A kisfiú meg az oroszlánok ( " The little boy and the lion " ) was published with illustrations by Laszlo Reber, who from then on a regular basis with the writer worked.

The only Roman Lazar, A fehér tigris ( "The White Tiger") appeared in 1971. Published in 1979 for the fairytale Berzsián és Dideki he was three years later won the international Andersen diploma. In 1986, he won with the radio play Ó be szép az élet, s minden más madár first prize in the annual competition of the radio play - Magyar Rádió.

List of Lazar's works:

• On Petis yard are lions, Illustrated by Laszlo Reber. Übers from d Ungar. Ita Szent- children's book Verlag Berlin, 1969, (A kisfiú meg az oroszlánok 1964)
• Csonkacsütörtök (1966)
• Egy lapát SZEN Nellikének (1969 )
• The colorful Blackbird, With Drawing. László Reber, Aus d Ungar. speak. by Henriette Schade- Engl. , Dt. Edit by Barbara Swiss, Budapest, Corvina Publishing House, 1972, (A nagyravágyó Feketerigó )
• Buddha Szomorú (1973 )
• A fehér tigris (novel, 1971)
• A Hétfejű Tündér (Wonderland, 1973)
• Bersian and master cog, Aus d Ungar. by Hans Skirecki, children's book publishing house Berlin, 1983 ( Berzsián és Dideki, Fairy Tale, 1979)
• Gyere haza, Mikkamakka ( children's novel, 1980)
• A Masoko Köztársaság (1981 )
• Arnica, the ducks Princess, Aus d Ungar. by Hans Skirecki, Illustrated by Laszlo Reber, children's book publishing house Berlin, 1988 ( Szegény Dzsoni és arnica, fairy tales, 1981)
• A négyszögletű kerek erdő ( children's novel, 1985)
• Bab Berci kalandjai ( children's novel, 1989)
• A Franka cirkusz ( radio play, 1990)
• A manógyár (Wonderland, 1994)
• Hét szeretőm (novel, 1994)
• Csillagmajor (novel, 1996)
• Kisangyal (novel, 1997)
• Hapci király (Wonderland, 1998)
• Lehel Kürtje ( fairy tale )

Awards

• József Attila díj ( " Attila József Prize", 1974)
• Művészeti Alap Irodalmi dija (1980 )
• Állami Ifjúsági Díj ( " The State Youth Award ", 1981)
• Hans Christian Andersen 's degree (1982 )
• Év könyve jutalom ( " Book of the Year " 1986)
• Déry Tibor jutalom ( " Tibor Déry Prize", 1990)
• IBBY Prize (1990 )
• Soros életműdíj ( Tivadar Soros Life Price, 1990)
• MSZOSZ - díj ( "Prize of the Hungarian Trade Unions ", 1995)
• Kossuth Prize (1996 )
• Pro Literatura (1999)
• Prima Primissima (2005)

Swell

• Template: Internet resource / maintenance / access date not in ISO format Author Page Ervin Lázár. Hunlit, accessed on 24/04/2009 ( German ).
• Template: Internet resource / maintenance / access date is not in the ISO FormatElhunyt Mikkamakka apja. Index.hu, accessed on 24/04/2009 ( Hungarian).