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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1929-05-12 ) 12 May 1929, Budapest , Kingdom of Hungary
- Died
- 19 July 2019 (2019-07-19) (aged 90), Balatonalmádi , Hungary
- Spouses
- István Hermann ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1949 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1962 ) Ferenc Fehér ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1963 ; died 1994 )
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Continental philosophy , Budapest School
- Main interests
- Political theory
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ágnes
- Family name
- Heller
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Balatonalmádi
- Educated at
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Employer
- La Trobe University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Student of
- Georg Lukács
- Movement
- Budapest School
- Image
- Ágnes Heller Göteborg Book Fair 2015.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ágnes Heller
- date of birth
- 1929-05-12
- member of
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- date of death
- 2019-07-19
- cause of death
- drowning
- name in native language
- Heller Ágnes
- manner of death
- accidental death
- place of burial
- Kozma Street Jewish Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Ágnes Heller (12 May 1929 – 19 July 2019) was a Hungarian philosopher and lecturer. She was a core member of the Budapest School philosophical forum in the 1960s and later taught political theory for 25 years at the New School for Social Research in New York City. She lived, wrote and lectured in Budapest.
Early life and political development
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