Background
Szabolcsi, Miklos was born on March 3, 1921 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Lajos and Elizabet (Meszaros) Szabolcsi.
educator Hungarian literary historian
Szabolcsi, Miklos was born on March 3, 1921 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Lajos and Elizabet (Meszaros) Szabolcsi.
Doctor of Philosophy, Budapest University Sciences, 1943.
Teacher 1945-1948, 53. Professor, Kossuth Lajos University, Debrecen 1964-1970. Professor, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest since 1979.
Visiting Professor, University of Paris 1965-1966. Correspondent; Director 1967-1981. President Section I (Language and Literature), Hungarian Academy, of Sciences 1970-1985.
General Director National Institute of Pedagogy 1981-1988. President Federation Institute des Langues et Literatures Modemes 1981-1984. Vice-President Association Institute des Critiques Litteraires since 1972.
Author: Life and Work of Attila jozsef, 1963, 77, 93, 98, Methods of Poetry Analysis, 1968, 69, Sign and Cry, Problems of Avantgard and Neo-Advantgard, 1967, 82, The Clown as Self-Portrait of the Artist, 1971, Main Currents of 20th Century World Literature, 1987. Co-editor: A Short Story of Hungarian literature, 1955-1975, history of Hungarian Literature, Modern Period, 1975-1976.
Recipient state prizes for excellence in literature. Member International Federation Modern Language and Literature (president 1981-1984), Society European de Culture.
Married Hedvig Margulesz, 1948. 1 child, Janos.