Category
page 1Jewish Hungarian writers
Imre Kertész
Hungarian author (1929–2016)
Theodor Herzl
father of modern political Zionism (1860–1904)
Arthur Koestler
Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)

László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai is a Hungarian writer, novelist and screenwriter. Krasznahorkai is known for his difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, which explore dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels Satantango (1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (1989), have been adapted into feature films by the director Béla Tarr.
Ferenc Molnár
Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

Max Nordau
Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849–1923)

Péter Nádas
Hungarian writer and photographer
Béla Balázs
Hungarian film critic, aesthetician, writer and poet (1884–1949)

André Kertész
Hungarian photographer (1894–1985)

Antal Szerb
Hungarian literary scholar and writer (1901–1945)
István Örkény
Hungarian writer (1912–1979)
Lajos Bíró
Hungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1880–1948)
Jenő Rejtő
Hungarian writer (1905–1943)
Máté Zalka
Hungarian writer and revolutionary (1896–1937)
Lajos Hevesi
Hungarian writer, critic and journalist (1843–1910)
Kati Marton
American writer
György Moldova
Hungarian writer (1934–2022)
Julius Leopold Klein
German writer (1810–1876)
Melchior Lengyel
Hungarian writer (1880-1974)
József Kiss
poet (1843–1921)
Renée Erdős
writer (1878–1956)
Avigdor Hameiri
Israeli writer and poet (1890-1970)
Ladislaus Vajda
Hungarian screenwriter (1877-1933)
Ignác Acsády
(1845–1906) historian
Ana Novac
Romanian writer (1929–2010)

Adolf Ágai
Hungarian journalist, writer (1836-1916)
Ervin Szabó
Anarcho-syndicalist social scientist and librarian
István Eörsi
Hungarian writer (1931–2005)

György Sárközi
writer (1899–1945)
Miklós László
Hungarian playwright (1903-1973)
Lipót Dukes
Hungarian critic (1810–1891)
Susan Taubes
Hungarian-born American academic, writer
August Silberstein
Austrian publicist, writer and revolutionary (1827-1900)

Ervin Šinko
Croatian writer, publisher and poet (1898-1967)
Ida Jenbach
Austrian writer (1868–1941)
George Jonas
Canadian-Hungarian writer

Yoel Hoffmann
Israeli writer (1937–2023)
Solomon Löwisohn
Hungarian writer and historian
Denes Friedmann
Hungarian rabbi (1903–1944)
Róbert Tábori
Hungarian writer (1855–1906)
Kata Wéber
Hungarian playwright and actress
Johann Lorenz Schmidt
sociologist and economist from Germany
Lajos Palágyi
Hungarian poet (1866–1933)
Eva Grlić
Croatian journalist and writer
Ernő Munkácsi
Hungarian jurist and writer (1896–1950)
Alfred Reynolds
Hungarian writer (1907–1993)
Ábrahám Lederer
Czech-Hungarian writer (1827-1916)