Boris Palotai

Boris Palotai
Born
Pollák Boris

(1904-05-23)23 May 1904
Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania)
Died13 September 1983(1983-09-13) (aged 79)
Budapest, Hungary
Resting placeFarkasréti Cemetery
Occupations
  • Writer
  • poet
ChildrenPéter Bacsó
Parents
  • Palotai (Pollák) Armand
  • Friedmann Margit
RelativesErzsi Palotai (sister)
Awards
  • József Attila Prize (1950, 1967)
  • Medal of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic (silver grade, 1949)
  • Medal of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic (gold grade, 1950)
  • Order of Merit of Labour of Hungary (silver grade, 1960)
Writing career
Genre
  • Novel
  • Poetry
Years active1926–1983
Notable works
  • Tavaszi áradás
  • Semetke úr éjszakája
  • Kegyetlen ifjúság

Boris Palotai (née Boris Pollák; 23 May 1904 in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary (now Oradea, Romania) – 13 September 1983(1983-09-13) (aged 79) in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian writer and poet, and laureate of the József Attila Prize. She was the mother of the director Péter Bacsó, and sister of the artist and writer Erzsi Palotai.

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