# List of Hungarian writers

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)
* 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)
* Mihály Babits (1883–1941, p/f/nf)
* József Bajza (1804–1858, nf/p)
* Stefano Bakonyi (1892–1969, nf)
* Bálint Balassi (1554–1594, p)
* 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)
* György Bessenyei (1747–1811, d/p)
* Kata Bethlen (1700–1759, nf)
* 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)
* 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)
* Sándor Csoóri (born 1930, 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)
* Renée Erdős (1879–1956, p/f)
* Péter Esterházy (1950–2016, nf/f)
* Kinga Fabó (1953–2021, p/nf)
* Ferenc Faludi (1704–1779, p)
* 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)

## 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)
* Ágnes Gergely (born 1933, f/p)
* Gábor Görgey (1929–2022, p/d/f)
* Alisz Goriupp (1894–1979, nf)
* István Gyöngyösi (1620–1704, p)
* Géza Gyóni (1884–1917, p)
* Béla Hamvas (1897–1968, nf/f)
* Attila Hazai (1967–2012, f/nf)
* Etelka Kenéz Heka (born 1936, p/f)
* Gáspár Heltai (c. 1490–1574, nf)
* 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)
* 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)