Attila József Prize

The Attila József Prize is an annually awarded Hungarian literary prize for excellence in the field of belles-lettres. It was first presented in 1950 in honour of the poet Attila József. Another major Hungarian literary prize is the Kossuth Prize.

Prizewinners
For a complete list of prizewinners see listing at the Hungarian Wikipedia
 * Some notable prizewinners include:


 * László Németh 1951
 * Géza Képes 1952
 * Sándor Dallos 1953
 * Lajos Áprily 1954
 * Magda Szabó 1959 and 1972
 * Sándor Csoóri 1954
 * István Fekete 1960
 * Margit Szécsi 1960
 * Endre Illés (hu) 1963
 * Endre Fejes 1963
 * Béla Vihar 1966
 * János Pilinszky 1971
 * Menyhért Lakatos 1976
 * Miklós Szentkuthy 1977
 * Ágnes Gergely 1977 and 1987
 * Anna Dániel 1983
 * Zsuzsa Vathy 1986
 * Zsuzsa Rakovszky 1987
 * Menyhért Lakatos 1993
 * Zsófia Balla (1996)
 * Attila Bartis (2005)
 * Zsófia Bán 2008
 * Attila György (2011)