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Végh, György (George) (Áporka, 31 August 1919 - Budapest, 7 September 1982) – Writer, poet and translator of literary works. He completed his secondary education in Budapest and, in his student years, he already did some writing and translating. Later, he continued his studies at the Béla Gaál Film School. He also frequented the University, where he developed a friendship with poets and literary historians of his generation. His first poem appeared in the Diary of Pest (Pesti Napló). He joined the neo-Catholic writers. All his life, he earned his living by freelancing. His first independent volume of poems was published in 1941 entitled Snowy Nights (Havas éjszakák); later, he came out with two prose volumes. Already in his early work, his playfulness manifested itself in his poetry, by means of which he could fuse together the realist and the surrealist. Besides his storybooks, he published a book of poems expressing the feelings of the age, Storms are Approaching (Viharok jönnek) (1943). After 1945, two volumes of his poems reflected his interests, especially the volume Playful Youth (Játékos ifjúság) (1948). After 1949, for quite a few years, he was forced to remain silent but, in 1958, a new book of his appeared, his novelized autobiography: My Years of Adversity (Mostoha éveim). In the form of a summary of his regular translating work, he published his selection, Modern Orfeus (1960). György Végh did substantial work in the field of children’s and youth literature, which was expressed in the elegiac tone of his book of poems, entitled Two Stars of the Autumn (Két őszi csillag). Almost at the time of his death, his novelized trilogy was published, followed by the posthumous collection of his poems and memoir-novel The Wicked Angel (A gonosz angyal) (1986). His other works include Book of Esther (Eszter könyve) (1946); The Monkey King (A majomkirály) fables (1963); Eternal Orpheus (Örök Orfeusz) translations of literary works (1984), and His Collected Poems (Összegyűjtott versei) (1984). – B: 0878, 1257. T: 7456. Végh, Péter (Budapest, 17 February 1960 - ) – Actor. He studied acting at the Studio of the National Theater in 1981, as a student of Sándor (Alexander) Bodnár, Zoltán Simon and Imre (Emeric) Montágh, and completed his training in the class of Imre (Emeric) Kerényi at the Academy of Dramatic and Cinematic Art in 1988. Thereafter, he was contracted by the National Theater (Nemzeti Színház), Budapest and, ever since, he has been one of the most popular and generally esteemed members. Since 1999, he has been a freelance artist and life guest-artist of the Magyar Theater (Magyar Színház). He has played, among others, at the József Katona Theater (Katona Színház) of Kecskemét, the Vörösmarty Theater (Vörösmarty Színház) of Székesfehérvár, the Mari Jászai Theater (Jászai Mari Színház), the Merlin Theater (Merlin Színház) and the Gyula Gózon Chamber Theater (Gózon Gyula Kamaraszínház) of Budapest. Apart from acting, he teaches Dramatic Art at the National School of Dramatic Art, also called the Hungarian School of Dramatic Art. On a number of occasions, he was stage manager of the examination presentations by graduating students. His roles include Victor in Loleh Bellon’s Thursday's Ladies (Les Dames de Jeudi; A csütörtöki hölgyek); Pedro in Leigh-Darion’s Man of La Mancha (La Mancha lovagja); Su Fu in Berthold Brecht’s The Good Person of Sechuan (A szecsuáni jó ember); Petruchio in Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew (Makrancos hölgy); Horatio in Shakespeare’s Hamlet; Sur, Hungarian nobleman in Szörényi-Brody’s István, the King (István a király); Bridegroom in Ibsen’s Peer Gynt; Trofimov in Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard (Cseresznyéskert); Condemned in Madách’s The Tragedy of Man, (Az ember tragédiája), and Teacher in Bródy’s The Schoolmistress (A tanítónő). His film roles include Perhaps in Another Life (Talán egy másik életben), an Austrian-Hungarian co-production. He is a recipient of the Farkas-Ratkó Prize (1966), the János Rajz Prize (1991, 1993, 1996, 1998), and the Csaba Ivánka Prize (2005). – B: 1795, 1445, T: 7456. Végh, Sándor (Alexander) (Kolozsvár, now Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 17 May 1912 - Freilassing, Germany, 7 January 1997) – Hungarian, later French, violinist and conductor. He began studying the piano at the age of six. He entered the Budapest Conservatory of Music in 1924, taking violin studies with Jenő (Eugene) Hubay and composition with Zoltán Kodály. He began a career as a solo violinist and, in 1927, played a Richard Strauss composition under the composer’s baton. He graduated from the Conservatory in 1930, having won the Hubay Prize and the Reményi Prize from the Institution in 1927. In 1934, he was one of the founding members of the Hungarian String Quartet. He participated with the Hungarian String Quartet in the first performance of Béla Bartók's String Quartet No. 5. Végh left the Hungarian Quartet in 1940 to found his own quartet, the Végh Quartet. During the same season, he became a professor at the Ferenc (Franz) Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. He and the Quartet left Hungary in 1946. They made several recordings, among them the string quartets of Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms, Bartók and Kodály. The Quartet continued to give concerts until 1980, when the ensemble was disbanded. Végh also made solo appearances as a violinist. He became a French citizen in 1953. In 1962, he met cellist Pablo Casals, who invited Végh to join him in giving summer classes in Zermatt, Switzerland (1953-1962), and to appear annually in Casals' Prades Festival (1953-1969). He found teaching rewarding, and thereafter taught at the Basel Conservatory (1953-1963), in Freiburg (1954-1962), Düsseldorf (1962-1969), and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg (1971-1997). He founded the International Chamber Music Festival of Cervo in 1962, and often conducted there. He founded the Sándor Végh Chamber Orchestra, and conducted it from 1968 to 1971, and conducted the Marlboro Festival Orchestra (1974-1977). In 1979 he became Conductor of the Camerata Academia at the Mozarteum. With them, he made a recording of Mozart’s Divertimenti and Serenades that won the Grand Prix du Disque in 1989. He was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion of France in 1986, Doctor Honoris Causa of Warwick and Exeter Universities, England (1987), an honorary appointment as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1988, and the Gold Medal of Salzburg in 1987. He was best known as one of the great chamber music violinists of the 20th century. – B: 1031, 7617, T: 7617.→Bartók, Béla: Hubay, Jenő; Kodály, Zoltán. Végvári, Vazul O.F.M. (Székesfehérvár, 2 September 1929 - Esztergom, 13 September 2011) – Roman Catholic priest. Between 1943 and 1945, he completed his studies at the Cadet School of Pécs and, at the end of World War II he was a prisoner of war for eight months. He completed his high school studies in 1947, after which in 1947 and 1948, he was a student at the Lónyai Street Commercial College in Budapest. Between 1948 and 1953, he was a student at the Noviciate of the Franciscan Kapisztrán Province of Széchény, and later, he studied Philosophy and Theology at the Theological College of the Order at Esztergom. On 23 August 1953, he was ordained. From 1953 to 1956, he was a prefect-educator in the Boarding School of the Franciscans at Esztergom. Against the advice of his Prior, Végvári took part in the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight in October-November of 1956. He was Commander of the National Guard in Buda Castle and fought fully armed. When the Revolution was crushed by the invasion of the Soviet Army, he was forced to flee. He became a pastor and headmaster of the Migrant Camp College of Vienna-Schwechat. After a brief stay in Strasbourg, he joined the Hungarian Franciscan community in the USA in July 1957. Thereafter, he served as a pastor of the bilingual Catholic Hungarians of North America for four decades. He was also the leader of the Hungarian Boy Scout troops of New Brunswick, and led the program: Radio of Hungarian Families in the Voice of America broadcasts. He was the press secretary of Archbishop József (Joseph) Mindszenty during his American visit in the early 1970s. In 1978, he was invited as councillor to the White House, Washignton, DC, before the Carter administration handed over the Holy Crown to Hungary. In 1997, he returned to and settled in Hungary permanently, where he lives in the Franciscan Monastery in Esztergom. His works include Faces and Lights (Arcok és fények) poems (2001) and Rise, my Lyre, Cither (Kelj föl lantom, citerám), a collection of historic mosaics from 1956 (2006). He was awarded the Mindszenty Memorial Medal in 2005. – B: 1983, T: 7456. Veil, Head Scarf Veiled head scarf for women take their origin from Asia. They are still worn in Central Asia among the Uygurs, Uzbegs and Turkomans. It is worn on tall, conic caps of red or yellow leather. Its upper part is embellished with laces and silver disk-shaped veil pins. Cumanian Tartars brought this fashion into Hungary, from where it reached southern Germany, and later, Isabella of Bavaria, wife of French King Charles VI, introduced it to Paris in 1385. Its symbolic meaning is always to cover, to protect a secret, to look behind, to reveal, to acquire knowledge, to inaugurate all these are represented by the veiled head scarf. The lifting of the veil of the Egyptian goddess Isis symbolized the revelation of light. The veiling of the Moslem women’s face serves to hide their personality, in order to emphasize their impersonality. Executors and partakers of some funerary services and members of secret societies covered their faces. Among Hungarians, the purpose of veiled scarves was to conceal and to prevent a destructive curse. The veil over the bed of a woman in childbirth, the bridal veil, and even the headscarf worn every day serves this purpose of concealment and privacy. – B: 1332, 1336, T: 7682. Vekerdi, József (Joseph) (Debrecen, 7 August 1927 - ) – Linguist. Between 1945 and 1950 he studied Latin, Greek and Russian, and acquired familiarity with about a dozen other living and dead languages at the Eötvös College of the University of Budapest. He was a candidate for the Science of Linguistics in 1955. He was an Assistant Professor in the Russian Department. From 1957 to 1959, he was in prison; from 1960 to 1963, he worked as a laborer at the Chinoin Pharmaceutical Factory in Budapest. Between 1963 and 1995, he was an employee of the National Széchényi Library, Budapest, and earned a Ph.D. in 1979. Between 1973 and 1995, he was Head of its International Exchange Service Department and, in a surreptitious way he helped ethnic Hungarians in the neighboring countries to acquire Hungarian books against the will of foreign authorities. In 1992-1993, he was Director of the Eötvös College. His area of research is collectiing Gypsy ethnographic and linguistic material. He is an outstanding Gypsyologist and Sanskrit scholar. Some of his major works are Sentence Structure of the Romanian Gypsy in Hungary (A magyarországi oláh cigány nyelvjárás mondattana) co-author (1974); Gypsy Folktale (A cigány népmese) (1974); History of Gypsy Research in Hungary (A magyarorsági cigány kutatások története) (1982), and Dictionary of Gypsy Dialects in Hungary (A magyarországi cigány nyelvárások szótára) (1983). He has translated many pieces of Sanskrit literature, Buddha’s Speeches, selection, translations from Pali, notes, postscript (1989); Waterfall of Desire (Vágyzuhatag), selection, translations from Sanskrit, postscript (1997); he translated the Vedas, the Upanishads, and verses of the Gita Govinda. He is a recipient of the Dajavati Modi Visva Sanskriti Samman Prize (2000). – B: 0874, 1031, T: 7684.→Gypsies in Hungary; Vekerdi, László. Vekerdi, László (Ladislas) (Hódmezővásárhely, 21 July 1924 - Budapest, 27 December 2009) – Physician, literature, science and culture-historian, librarian, writer and polymath. His parents were teachers, and his younger brother József (Joseph) is a linguist. His secondary education was at the Reformed College of Debrecen. His ambitions as a writer took him to the Forestry Academy of Sopron. After three years he became a medical student at the College of Ferenc (Francis) Pápai Páriz, and completed his medical studies at the University of Budapest, obtaining his Degree in 1951. At the University of Debrecen, he earned the qualification as an Internist. He began his career at the Internal Clinic, later continued it at the Oncology Clinic. Suddenly, he abandoned his medical career and became a research librarian in the Research Institute of Mathematics, Budapest, publishing more and more papers on cultural history of the natural sciences and mathematics, on the historic role of the Academy, on Galileo, Pascal and Descartes. From the mid-1960s, he lectured at the Faculty of Art at the University of Budapest. His talks on TV and the radio became popular, also his speeches at congresses and science programs, and at commemorative meetings. His works include Adventures in the History of the Sciences (Kalandozás a tudományok történetében) (1969); Knowledge and Science (Tudás és tudomány) (1995), and Correspondence of Lajos Fülep (Fülep Lajos levelezése) (2009). He received a number of awards, including the Ervin Szabó commemorative medal (1987), the Attila József Prize (1992), the Széchenyi Prize (2001), and the Pál Teleki Medal (2008). – B: 1031, 2084, T: 7456.→Vekerdi, József; Fülep, Lajos. Vekerdy, Tamás (Thomas) (Budapest, 21 September 1935 - ) – Psychologist and writer. His higher studies were carried out at the University of Budapest, first in the field of Law, later in Psychology between 1962 and 1967. He worked as a private tutor from 1958 to 1960, then as an extra for the National Theater, Budapest. From 1959 to 1969, he was the part-time consultant and later Associate Editor of the journal Family and School (Család és Iskola). Between 1969 and 1972, he was a lecturer in Psychology at the Academy of Dramatic and Cinematic Art, while, from 1972 to 1983, he was an educational advisor in psychology for the Districts of IX and III of Budapest. From 1983 he was a principal contributor for the National Pedagogic Institute; from 1990 scientific advisor and, between 1995 and 1998, its senior advisor. Between 1992 and 1998, he was an assistant professor of Education at the University of Miskolc. From 1991 he was in charge of the Waldorf Continuing Education at Solymár. From 1998, he was President of the Liberal Pedagogic Society. Vekerdy was not only a psychologist and researcher in teaching, but represented the one-person institution of Hungarian public life. His works include Book of Young Parents (Fiatal szülők könyve) (1975); Presence of Mind (Lélekjelenlét) (2000) and Adults and Children – What Do They Want From Each Other? (Felnőttek és gyerekek – Mit akarnak egymástól? (2006). His translations include Edward’s Butterfly (Eduárd pillangója) (1988) and Lars-Henrik Olsen: The Whirlwind (Lars-Henrik Olsen: A forgószél) (1990). His distinctions include the International Lego Prize (1993), and the Pro Scholis Urbis Prize (2006). – B: 0878, 1031, 1257, T: 7456. Velits, Antal (Anthony) (Szécsény, 14 March 1855 - Budapest, 15 February 1915) – Physician and Orientalist. He obtained his Medical Degree from the University of Budapest in 1879. From 1879 to 1885 he studied Eastern Languages and History in Egypt, Algiers and Turkey. From 1885 he had a private medical practice in Budapest. He researched and translated the documents of the Turkish Period in Hungary, the treasury notes of the National Archives in Budapest, and the Imperial Archives of Vienna. His works include Turkish Letters from the Archive of Kismarton (Török levelek a kismartoni levéltárból) (1885); Über die Urquelle aller Sprachen (1900), and Versuch eines natürlichen Systems in der Etymologie (1905). – B: 1730, T: 7456. Velits, Dezső (Desider) (Kolozsvár, now Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 28 April 1860 - Pozsony, now Bratislava, Slovakia, 7 February 1921) – Physician. He obtained his Medical Degree from the University of Budapest in 1885. For five years he was a demonstrator at the Obstetric Clinic, Budapest. In 1890 he became Director of the Maternity Hospital of Pozsony. He established the Outpatient Department in the Public Hospital of Pozsony, where he endeavored to introduce the concepts of I. Semmelweis. In 1914 he was appointed Professor of Obstetrics at the Medical Faculty of the newly founded University of Pozsony, and he was also Director of the State Public Hospital of Pozsony from 1910 until 1918. His works include The Effect of Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen on the Functioning of the Mammalian Heart (A szénsav és éleny hatása az emlős-szív működésére) (1882), and Protection During War Times against Infectious Diseases (Védekezés háború idején a fertőző betegségek ellen) (1915). – B: 1730, T: 7456.→Semmelweis, Ignác. Venczel, Vera (Budapest, 10 March 1946 - ) – Actress. She first appeared in film roles as a college student. She completed her studies at the Academy of Dramatic Art, Budapest in 1968 and, since then she has been a member of the Comedy Theater (Vígszínház). She plays with sensitive interpretation and evocative facial expressions. Her roles include Lorette in Romain Weingarten’s The Summer (L'Été; A nyár); Sonia in Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya (Ványa bácsi); Eva in Milton’s Paradise Lost (Elveszett paradicsom); Princess Leonora in Goethe’s Torquato Tasso, and Beatrice in A. Miller’s A View from the Bridge (Pillantás a hídról). Her forte is film-roles. There are at least 24 feature and 83 TV films to her credit. Her feature films include Road Accident (Karambol) (1963); Three Nights of a Love (Egy szerelem három éjszakája) (1967); Eclipse of the Crescent Moon i, ii (Egri csillagok 1, II (1968); Mission in Evian (Küldetés Evianba) (1988); The Gambler (A játékos) (1999); Relatives (Rokonok) (2005), and Tableau (Tabló) (2008). Her TV films include The Black Town i-vii (A fekete város 1-VII) (1971); Family Circle (Családi kör) (1979); Gloria (1982); Franz Liszt i-xvi (Liszt Ferenc 1-XVI) (1982); Dearest Anne (Édes Anna) (1990); King István (István király) (1992), and Among Friends (Barátok között) (2005-2008). She was awarded a number of prizes, among them the Mari Jászai Prize (1975), the Irén Varsányi Memorial Prize (1977), the Critics’ Prize (1977), the Ruttkai Memorial Prize (2003), the Life Member of the Society of Immortals (2008), the Merited Artist title (2010), and the Zsolt Harsányi Memorial Prize (2011). – B: 1445, 1031, T: 7456. Venczell, Béla (Cancian) (Nyitra, now Nitra, Slovakia, 17 February 1882 - Budapest, 17 November 1945) – Opera singer (bass). He studied at the Teachers’ College in Léva (now Levice, Slovakia). He was a student of Mrs. Maleczky in Budapest, and intermittently of Geiringer in Vienna. In the summer of 1906, he studied in Bayreuth; in 1906 he joined the Opera House of Budapest, and was its member until 1932. He was made its life member in 1923. He sang with great success on German and Italian stages. He was also a recognized oratorio and Lieder singer. His roles included Sarastro in Mozart’s Magic Flute (Zauberflöte – Varázsfuvola); Basilio in Rossini’s Barber of Seville (Sevillai borbély); Sparafucile in Verdi’s Rigoletto; Rocco in Beethoven’s Fidelio; Marke in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde; Hunding in Wagner’s Die Walküre (The Valkyrie, A Walkür); Hagen in Wagner’s Götterdemerung (Twilight of the Gods; Istenek alkonya), and Cillei in F. Erkel’s László Hunyadi. His feaure films include The Old Scoundrel (A vén gonosz) (1932); Loránd Fráter (1942), and I Dreamt You (Megálmodtalak) (1943). He was one of the outstanding artists of the Opera House of Budapest. – B: 1445, 1160, T: 7456. Venezuela, Hungarians in – The Hungarian presence in Venezuela reaches back to the 19th century. While visiting Venezuela in the 19th century, János (John) Czetz acquired a good reputation for the Hungarians. There are fourth and third generation families, who were and are proud of their Hungarian roots and culture, which they keep alive, including the language. Many immigrants arrived after 1944. Following hard physical labor, many became respected intellectuals, e.g. physicians, engineers, or highly placed government officials. At least 90% of the Hungarians found their place in Venezuela. On 8 May 1957, the “Venezuela” steam ship transported 85 Hungarian refugees to Venezuela, where the Hungarian Associations of Caracas welcomed them. They established a bilingual day-care center, where the children spoke Hungarian as well as Spanish. There is a Hungarian-language weekend school, and the scout groups also communicate in Hungarian. There are Hungarian churches and dance groups among their 14 associations. Two dance groups visited Hungary and performed with success in 2009. They marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of musician Zoltán Kodály in 1982, with a memorable celebration. The religious paper, Message (Üzenet), published by the Protestant congregation, is well-known on three continents. By the estimates in 1961, there were 3,890 registered Hungarians in Venezuela. At the turn of the millennium, some 5,000 Hungarians lived in the country; the majority of them live in Caracas, and have become well-educated, well-respected members of society. Some also live in Maracaibo, center of the oil fields, on the shore of the Caribbean Sea at Puerto La Cruz, in San Cristobal in the high peaks of the Andes, and also in Valencia. Due to unfavorable political changes in the country, many of the youngsters have decided to leave and emigrate to elsewhere in the world; some of them returned and settled in Hungary. Major Hungarian organizations are the Hungarian House; Comradeship Community of Hungarian Warriors (Magyar Harcosok Bajtársi Egyesülete); Hungarian Kindergarten; Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation (Mindszenty Hercegprímás Alapitvány); József Mindszenty Catholic Congregation; Lea Ráskai Scout Troop; Szent Erzsébet (Saint Elizabeth) Scout Troop No. 35; Szent István (Saint Stephen) Scout Troop No. 11; Szent Erzsébet (Saint Elizabeth) Catholic Women’s Association; Caribbean Newsletter (Caribi Újság), a quarterly; Resurrection (Feltámadás) Congregation; Zsuzsanna Lorántffy Protestant Women’s Association; Hungarian Cadastral Committee in Venezuela; Venezuelan-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce; Co-ordination Committee of Hungarian Organizations in Venezuela and the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Hungary. – B: 1020, 1224, 2007, T: 3240, 7103.→Czetz, János; Kodály, Zoltán. Venkei, Tibor (Szeged, 19 October 1906 - Budapest, 17 February 1983) – Physician, oncologist and dermatologist. In 1930 he obtained his Medical Degree from the University of Szeged and, thereafter, he was an associate at its Dermatological Clinic. From 1933 to 1939 he was on several consecutive scholarships: he studied in Vienna and Paris. In 1940, he became an honorary lecturer. He worked as a physician in Szatmárnémeti (now Satu Mare, Romania) from 1940 to 1943; in Nagyvárad (now Oradea, Romania) in 1943-1944, and in the St. John’s Hospital of Budapest in 1944- 1945. From 1945 to 1950 he worked as a senior physician and dermatologist at the Hospital of Magdolnaváros in Budapest. From 1950 to 1954 he worked as a medical officer in the army with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. From 1954 he was a senior physician of the National Oncological Institute, Budapest; in 1968 he became a titular professor and also a lecturer at the University of Szeged. He was engaged in research in Oncology and Dermatology, and he edited the journal Dermatological Review from 1955 to 1966. He was a member of several scientific societies. Among others, he published the works Early Diagnosis, Pathohistology and Treatment of Malignant Tumors of the Skin, with J. Sugár (1965), and Early Diagnosis of Skin Cancer and its Treatment (A bőrrák korai diagnózisa és kezelése) (1978). – B: 1730, T: 7456. Directory: sites -> default -> files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations files -> Nstructions for Acquiring Excess Equipment online, through the 1033 Program files -> Occupational health and safety files -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten Point Program files -> International programs roel profile files -> Fermi Questions a guide for Teachers, Students, and Event Supervisors Lloyd Abrams, Ph. D. DuPont Company, cr&D/ccas experimental Station Wilmington, de 19880 files -> Personal Information Name: Maha Al-Ammari Nationality: Saudi Relationship Status Download 0.6 Mb. Share with your friends:
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