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)