Background
Klaniczay, Tibor was born on July 5, 1923 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Gyula and Gizella (Heyszl) Klaniczay.
Klaniczay, Tibor was born on July 5, 1923 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Gyula and Gizella (Heyszl) Klaniczay.
Doctor honorary (honorary), University Tours, France.
Lecturer, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest 1949-1957. Deputy Director Institute for Literary Studies Hungarian Academy, of Sciences 195683. Director Centre for Renaissance Research, Budapest since 1970.
Director Institute for Literary Studies, Hungarian Academy, of Sciences since 1984. Correspondent; Fellow, Mediaeval Academy, of America.
Author: Zrinyi Miklos, 1954, 1964, Reneszansz es Barokk, 1961. Co-author (with others): History of Hungarian Literature, 1964, Marxizmus es Irodalomtudomany, 1964. Co-author: (editor) A magyar irondalom tortenete I II, 1964, A Mult Nagy Korszakai, 1973, La crisi del Rinascimento e il Manierismo, 1973, A Manierizmus, 1975, Hagyomanyok Ebresztese, 1976, Renaissance und Manierismus, 1977, Pallas Magyar Ivadekai, 1985, Renesans, Manieryzm & Barok, 1986.Editor: (periodical) Irodalomtorteneti Kozlemenyek, 1958-1980.
Member, advisory board Revue de Literature Comparee, Paris, Canada Review Comparative Literature. Vice president International Association Hungarian Studies, Budapest. Fellow: Mediaeval Academy America (correspondent).
Member: Association International per gli Studi di Lingua e Letteratura Italiana (member, consiglio direttivo), Federation International des Langues et Lits. Modernes, Federation des Society et des Institutes pour l'Etude de la Renaissance, International Association Comparative Literature, Plish Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Married Maria Bessenyei, 1949. 3 children.