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Sinai, Miklós (Nicholas) (Hajdubagos, 1730 - Debrecen, 27 June 1808) – Teacher, Bishop the Reformed Church and church historian. He studied at the Reformed College of Debrecen from 1746, continuing at the universities of Vienna, Oxford, Groningen and Franeker. He became Parish Minister in Kunmadaras in 1759, and Professor at the Debrecen College from 1760, where he taught History and Classical Philology. He became involved in protracted conflicts, while struggling with the laity taking part in church-government. He was elected Bishop in 1791; but in 1800 he was suspended from his bishop’s position. After his retirement in 1803, he dealt mainly with Protestant church history, but most of his work remained in manuscript form, e.g. the history of Protestantism between 1654 and 1773. His works included Sylloge actortum…(under the pseudonym Victorinus de Chorebo) (1790); The History of Hungarian and Transylvanian Reformation Until 1654 (A Magyar-és Erdélyországi reformáció története 1654-ig), translated and published by Gábor Herpay (1911). – B: 0883, 1257, T: 7456.
Sinka, István (Stephen) (Nagyszalonta, now Salonta, Romania, 24 September 1897 - Budapest, 17 June 1969) – Poet, writer. He is a descendant of shepherds, born into a nomadic, stock-raising family in the area of Nagyszalonta, where he apprenticed as a herdsman and became a shepherd by the age of 10. In 1920 he settled in Vésztő and submitted his first poems to a competition sponsored by the newspaper The Hungarian Village (A Magyar Falu); later his writings were regularly published by this paper and many others. He published his first book of poems Hymns at the Door of the East (Himnuszok Kelet Kapujában) (1934). In 1935 he founded the journal People of the East (Kelet Népe) together with Pál (Paul) Szabó and Dénes (Denis) Barsi. In 1936 he moved to Budapest; but was unable to find a job and became destitute. In 1939 he published a book of poems entitled Indictment (Vád), voicing the demands of the poor peasantry; his poetry became consummate in his ballads. In 1949 he was blacklisted as a writer for opposing the Soviet style of economy following 1945. In 1957 he resumed publishing poems. His long poem, the Book of the Islands (Szigetek könyve) was published posthumously in 1972. His other writings include Bats Conquering a Home (Denevérek honfoglalása), poems (1941); Confession of a Black Shepherd Boy (Fekete bojtár vallomása) autobiography (1942-1944, New York, 1987); Riders in Opal Field (Lovasok opál mezőben) selected poems, ed. E. Medvigy and J.Tornay (1987); Returning from Long Journeys, vols. i-ii (Nagy utakról hazatérve), collected poems edited by E. Medvigy (1993). Some of his works were translated into French, German and Italian. – B: 0883, 1136, 0881, 0878, 0877, 1257, T: 3240.
Sinka, Károly (Charles) (Bucharest, Romania, 28 September 1934 - Szeged, 2 March 2007) – Actor, stage manager. He completed his tertiary studies at the College of Dramatic Art of Marosvásárhely (now Tirgu Mureş, Romania) in 1956, and was engaged by the State Hungarian Theater of Temesvár (now Timişoara, Romania) (Temesvári Színház). From 1957 to 1965 he was a member of the Theater at Marosvásárhely (Marosvásárhelyi Színház) and taught at the college there. In 1965 he was re-engaged in Temesvár, where he became a director up to 1990. Several times he appeared at the Kolozsvár National Theater (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Kolozsvári Nemzeti Szanház), also at the Temesvár National Theater (in Romanian works); and from 1978 he also appeared in plays at the Castle Theater of Gyula (Gyulai Várszínház) Hungary. In 1990 he was engaged by the National Theater (Nemzeti Színház) of Szeged. His roles included Cassio in Shakespeare’s Othello; Christian in Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac; T. Mann’s Mario and the Magician (Márió és a varázsló), and H. Ibsen’s Peer Gynt. He worked as stage manager for the performances of J. Heltai’s The Dumb Cadet (A néma levente), R, Nash’s The Man Who Brings Rain (Az esőhozó ember); F. Schiller’s Love and Intrigue (Ármány és szerelem); Á. Tamási’s Singing Bird (Énekes madár), and I. Farkas’s Students of Igló (Iglói diákok). He played in 10 Hungarian and Romanian films including J. Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men (Egerek és emberek) (1972), You Cannot Cross Here (Itt nem lehet átmenni) (1974), The Trompeter (A trombiás) (1978), and in the TV film, Stud Farmer (Ménesgazda). He could be a truly comic and playful figure in his acting roles. He was an outstanding figure in the Hungarian theatrical art of Transylvania (Erdély, now in Romania). He received prizes for his acting at theater festivals, including the Outstanding Artist title. – B: 1445, 1742, T: 7456.
Sinkó, László (Ladislas) (Sinkovics) (Budapest, 14 March 1940 - ) – Actor. He is younger brother of the late Imre (Emeric) Sinkovits. After completing the Academy of Dramatic Art, in 1962 he joined the Csokonai Theater (Csokonai Színház) of Debrecen; from 1966 he was with the National Theater (Nemzeti Színház) of Budapest, and from 1982 he was a member of the József Katona Theater (Katona József Színház) of Kecskemét, where he also played as a guest artist between 1970 and 1980. From 1994 to 1998 he was a member of the New Theater (Új Színház); from 1988 he was freelance and, since 2003, he has been a member of the National Theater, Budapest. So far he had more than 130 stage productions, including Trigorin in Chekhov’s Seagull (Sirály); Valèr in Molière’s The Miser (A fösvény); Iason in Grillparzer’s Medea; Ábel in A. Sütő’s Cain and Abel (Kain és Ábel); Zs. Zoltán Szakhmáry in Móricz’s Gentleman’s Fun (Úri muri); Ubu Dad in Jarry’s Ubu the King (Ubu Roi – Übü király), and Dr. Schön in Wedekind’s Lulu. He played in more than 60 feature and TV films, including Figtree Leaf (Fügefalevél) (1966); Dorothy (Dorottya) (TV, 1973); Fireballs (Tűzgömbök) (1975); Gabi (TV, 1977); The Sea (A tenger (TV series, 1882); Rasputin (1996) and Cat Trap (Macskafogó) (1986, 2007); The New Landlod (Az új földesúr) (1988), The Legend of Saint Gellért (Szent Gellér legendája) (TV, 1994); Destination California! (Irány Kalifornia!) (1997), and the White Palm (Fehér tenyér) (2006). He received the Mari Jászai Prize (1972), also the Merited Artist title (1982), the Outstanding Artist title (1987), and the Kossuth Prize (1995). – T: 1445, 1031, T: 7456.→ Sinkovits, Imre.
Sinkovits, Imre (Emeric) (Budapest, 21 September 1928 - Budapest, 18 January 2001) – Actor. He obtained a diploma from the Academy of Dramatic Art in 1951 and was contracted by the National Theater (Nemzeti Színház), Budapest. From 1958 to 1963 he was a member of the Attila József Theater (József Attila Színház) and later returned to the National Theater. His rich volume of voice, great ability for modulation, deeply felt and suggestive playing, predestined him for Shakespeare and classical Hungarian dramatic works, for new and true to life presentation of heroic figures. He also proved excellent in playing scheming characters, showing humor, ability for observation and caricature, all these qualities placing him among the greatest Hungarian actors. He excelled himself in recitations as well. His roles included Valerian in Molière’s The Misanthrope (A mizantróp); Hyppolitos in Racine’s Phaedra; Pavel in Gorki-Brecht’s The Mother (Die Mutter; Az anya); Orestes in Sophocles’ Oresteia; Friar Lawrence in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (Rómeó és Júlia); Ádám in Madách’s The Tragedy of Man (Az ember tragédiája), and Bánk bán and Tiborc in Katona’s Bánk bán. There are more than 120 feature and TV films to his credit including Erkel (1952); The Battle of Waterloo (1981); The New Landlord (Az új földesúr) (1988), and Return (Retúr) (1997). Among the awards he received are the Mari Jászai Prize twice (1955, 1962), the Kossuth Prize (1966), the Merited Artist title (1970), and the Outstanding Artist title (1974). He was a Life Member of the National Theater (1989), received the Middle Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (1992), and was named Actor of the Nation (2000). – B: 1031, 1445, T: 7456.→Sinkó, László.
Sinor, Dénes (Denis) (Kolozsvár, now Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 17 April 1916 - Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 12 January, 2011) – Linguist, orientalist. He completed his studies at the University in Budapest in 1938, further studied in Berlin and Paris. Between 1940 and 1948 he worked as an instructor and researcher in France, and as a Fellow of the French National Research Center. Between 1948 and 1962 he taught at Cambridge, England, after which he settled in the United States. Between 1962 and 1982 Sinor was a professor at Indiana University at Bloomington. The Hungarian Chair, as part of Ural-Altaic studies, was established with his collaboration. In 1979, the Hungarian Academy of Science elevated him to member status and several scientific societies also offered him membership. Since 1985 he has been editorial committee chairman of the periodical “Hungarian Studies” in Budapest. Sinor wrote eight books and edited an additional thirteen. Among his books are Inner Asia and its Contacts with Medieval Europe (London, 1977); The Uralic Languages: description, history, and foreign influences (New York, 1988), and The Uralic and Altaic Series. (London, 1996). He was one of the world's leading scholars on Ural-Altaic Languages and for the history of Central Asia. He was a corresponding member of the French Académie des Inscriptions et belles-Lettres, an Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and a Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea. Honors received include a Doctorate honoris causa of the University of Szeged (1971). In his honor, The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain created the Denis Sinor Medal for Inner Asian Studies. He was a recipient of numerous prizes including the Arminius Vambery Medal (1983), the Order of the Star of Hungary (1986), the Silver Avicenna Medal of UNESCO (1998), and the Medal of Honor of the American Oriental Society (1999). – B: 1672, 1031, T: 7669.
Sipeki, Levente (Nagyiván, 10 June 1937 - Budapest, 18 August 1985) – Ballet dancer. He was noticed at a talent quest and he started his training at the State Ballet Institute of Budapest under the masters György (George) Lőrincz and Ferenc (Francis) Nádasi in 1950. He completed his course in 1957 but; already in 1956, he became a member of the ballet ensemble of the Hungarian State Opera House, Budapest. He also spent a year with the Bolshoi Company in Russia on a scholarship. Returning to Hungary he became solo dancer of the ensemble, playing many classical and character roles with considerable dramatic force. In 1957 he won first prize at the World Youth Convention of Moscow. He also appeared in a film role: The Girl Who Was Danced Back to Life (Az életre táncoltatott lány) (1964). His roles include Blue Bird (Kék madár) in Petipa’s Sleeping Beauty (Csipkerózsika); Albert in Lavrovski’s Giselle; Coppelius in Gyula Harangozó’s Coppelia; Youth in Gyula Harangozó’s Scheherezade; title role in Fokin’s Petrushka; James in Bournonville’s Le Sylphides, and Gad in László Deregi’s Spartacus. He appeared in two feature films. He was awarded the Liszt Prize in 1964. – B: 0883, 1455, T: 7456.
Sipos, Anna (Szeged, 23 February 1908 - Budapest, 1 January 1988) – Table-tennis player. From 1925 she was a table-tennis player at the National Sports Club (Nemzeti Sport Club – NSC); from 1929 at the Budapest Sports Association (Budapesti Sport Egylet – BSE), and between 1929 and 1932, she was also a swimmer at the Hungarian Swimming Association (Magyar Úszó Egylet – MUE). Between 1928 and 1939 she appeared forty times in the Hungarian selected table tennis team. From 1929 to 1935 she won 21 medals, among them 11 gold medals, at World Championships. Apart from her two individual World Champion titles, she won five medals in women’s doubles with Mária Mednyánszky, two with Viktor Barna, and one with István Kelen in mixed doubles. She withdrew from active sports in 1939. From 1949 to 1950 Sipos was Federation Captain of the Hungarian women’s table tennis selected team. She was an eleven-time world champion table tennis player. – B: 1031, T: 7456.
Sipos, Domokos (Dominic) (Dicsőszentmárton, now Diciosânmartin, Romania in former County Kisküküllő, Transylvania, 4 August 1892 - Dicsőszentmárton, 22 December 1927) – Poet, writer. He studied Law at the University of Budapest, worked as a law clerk in the Council Office of County Kisküküllő at Dicsőszentmárton, and edited the weekly, Kisküküllő, as the director of its printing office. In his powerful, realistic writings, he gives expression to his love of Transylvania. He passed away of TB at the early age of 35. He was the great promise of the Transylvanian Hungarian realist literature. His works include My God, Where Are You? (Istenem, hol vagy?), short story (1922); Death is Galloping (Vágtat a halál), poems and short story (1927); The Miracle (A Csoda), short story (1958), and Selected Works (Válogatott munkái) (1953, 1958). His statue stands in the garden of the Unitarian church of his birthplace; the local Hungarian Educational House bears his name. – B: 0883, 1122, 1257, T: 7456.
Sipos, Pál (Paul) (Nagyenyed, now Aiud, Romania, 16 October 1759 - Szászváros, now Orǎştie, Romania, 15 September 1816) – Minister of the Reformed Church, mathematician and philosopher. From 1775 he studied at the Nagyenyed College; from 1783 he was Rector at the Reformed Church of Szászváros; and from 1787 was a tutor for Count József Teleki at Szirák (northeast of Budapest, at the southern foot of the Cserhát Mountain.). From 1791 to 1797 he carried out further studies at Frankfurt an der Oder, Göttingen and Vienna. From 1798 he was a principal and teacher at the Reformed School of Szászváros. In 1805 he became a mathematics lecturer at the Reformed College of Sárospatak. From 1810 until his death, he was Parish Minister in Tordos (now Turdaş, Romania). He gained a reputation with a mathematical dissertation, which was awarded a gold medal and published by the Academy of Science in Berlin. The construction method, with an excellent approach still in use for the determination of the circumference of an ellipse, deserves recognition, as does the isometer named after him. For the first time in Hungary he employed metric fractions of a quarter circle used in goniometry, and the structure of his trigonometric table is considered unique. He prepared a new mathematical syllabus for the Reformed College of Sárospatak in 1810. As a philosophical thinker he followed Kant and Fichte. In the 1810s, he tried with his friends to establish a scholarly society. He was also engaged in belles-letters, writing occasionally a poem as well. His main work was entitled Beschreibung und Anwendung eines mathematischen Instruments für die Mechaniker, zur unmittelbaren Vergleichung der Circulbogen (Description and application of a mathematical instrument for the mechanics and the immediate comparison of the Circular Arc). (Sammlung deutscher Abhandlungen, 1790-1791) (1796). – B: 1160, 1731, T: 7456.
Siposs, Jenő (Eugene) (Somorja, in the Csallóköz, now Šomorin, Slovakia, 1 July 1920 - Komárom, 17 August 1997) – Actor, playwright. He completed primary school in his birthplace, attended high school in Komárom, Pozsony (now Bratislava, Slovakia) and Érsekújvár (now Nové Zámky, Slovakia), completing it in Dunaszerdahely (now Dunajská Streda, Slovakia) in 1940. In World War II he served on various fronts, because of which he completed his studies in Law only in 1948; he then returned to Somorja, where he worked first as a clerk of legal issues, later as a road construction worker. He is a founding member of the local branch of the Czechoslovak Hungarian Workers’ Cultural Alliance (Csehszlovák Magyar Dolgozók Kulturális Szövetsége – CSEMADOK) and is an active amateur performer. In 1952 he was a founding member and actor of the Hungarian Regional Theater (Magyar Területi Színház) until his retirement in 1980. Important are his theatrical, political and theater-popularizing works, actor-portraits and interviews. Several of his fairy-plays appeared in the Hungarian Regional Theater and the Thalia Theater. His plays were much-liked repertoire pieces of amateur theater ensembles. He was also active in the Hungarian Deparetment of the Pozsony Radio. He was the favorite comic actor of cabaret programs. His roles include Basilio in Beaumarchais’ Barber of Seville (A sevillai borbély); Von Kalb in F. Schiller’s Love and Intrigue (Ármány és szerelem); Vicentio in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (A makrancos hölgy); and Doctor Caius in Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor (A windsori víg nők). His plays include Monkey Love (Majomszeretet) comedy (1954); Boomerang, comedy (1967); Two Adams and one Eve (Két Ádám és egy Éva) comedy (1968), and Vacation of Maci and Muci (Maci és Muci vakációja), fairy tale (1977). – B: 1445, 1878, T: 7456.
Sirchich, László (Ladislas) (Ipolyság, now Šahy, Slovakia, 25 November 1909 - Cleveland, 29 July 1983) – Journalist. He studied at the Universities of Budapest and Prague. He was an active member of the Saint George Circle and the Prohászka Circle. In the spring of 1945, facing the advancing Soviet forces through Hungary, he moved to the West, emigrated to the USA, and settled in Cleveland, where he worked as a municipal clerk. He dealt with smaller problems, chiefly the fate of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia. Between 1951 and 1966 he edited the paper Under the Twin Yoke (Kettős járom alatt). For a number of years, he was President of the National Commission of Czechoslovakian Hungarians (Csehszlovákiai Magyarok Nemzeti Bizottmánya). His articles appeared mainly in American-Hungarian papers. His works include From Belvedere to Kassa; The Road of the Upland Hungarians from the first Vienna Award to the “kosicky” Program (Belvedere-től Kassáig, A felvidéki magyarság útja az első bécsi döntéstől a “kosicky” programig) (1969); Felvidék (Upland) in the Thousand-Year Old Hungarian State Body; Magyars in Czechoslovakia (A Felvidék az ezeréves magyar államtestben, Magyarok Csehszlovakiában)(1979), and Fatal Years, Hungarian Fate in Czechoslovakia (Végzetes évek, Magyar sors Csehszlovakiában) (1988). – B: 1878, T: 7456.→Prohászka, Ottokár.
Sisa, Stephen (István) (Hort, County Heves, 1918 - Huddleston, Virg., USA, 20 November 2012) – Writer, journalist. He graduated from the Kálmán Könyves Secondary School, Budapest, and earned his diploma from the Royal Commercial Academy. He participated in World War II, and moved to Austria in 1945. He started his career as an editorial writer with Austrian newspapers. His incisive articles were also published in the German Südosttimme, and other publications and were subjects of discussion on West German radio stations. Then he moved to West Germany. In 1951 he settled in the United States, where he founded the magazine Exiled Europe and, later the esteemed foreign affairs publication, the Free World Review, which featured internationally known contributors including Archduke Otto von Habsburg, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Abba Eban, David McCord Wright, and others. He was editor of the Information Review (Információs Szemle) (1950-1952). In it, for the first time, he directed the emigrants’ attention to the problems of Hungarian minorities. In America he continued his work, founding and editing the Free World Review in 1956. In his home was conceived the successful propaganda plot to fasten the Hungarian and American flags to the hand of the Statue of Liberty, New York, on 16 November 1956, which became a world sensation. Sisa’s main work is The Spirit of Hungary. It presents the history and culture of Hungary, illustrated with many pictures and maps in such a way that it became a world success. It appeared in 1984 with the financial assistance of the Canadian Government. So far, it has been published in 3 editions and 10 reprints, the last one in April 2002. In it, his objective yet colorful presentations are qualities that come through strongly. It became the most popular Hungarian book in the American market ever. Its Hungarian translation was published in Budapest in 2001, under the title Magyarságtükör (Mirror of the Magyars). Some of his other works include The Biological Trianon of Hungary (Magyarország biológiai Trianonja) (1969); Amercia’s Amazing Hungarians (Amerika csodálatos magyarjai) (1987), Distorted Mirror of Hungary in the World (Magyarország torz tükre a világban), with Béla Király (1991), Nation without borders (Nemzet határok nélkül) (1993), and Watch at the West (Őrtállás nyugaton) (2004). He was a recipient a number of distinctions, among them the Michael Kovats Medal of Freedom (2005), and the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (2011). – B: 1076, 1031, T: 7456.
Six-Cut Dance – A variation of the recruiting dance performed by the Hussars to stir up the military mood of new recruits. – B: 1078, T: 3240.
Six, the Number – In symbolism, it is the number representing the difference between the creator and the created. It is the number of conflict, of mythical destiny. It is the number between principle (5) and realization (7), the number of the Creation. According to the Bible, God created Heaven and Earth and everybody and everything in it in six days. In the Apocalyptic writings of St John, it is used in a pejorative sense, for it is the number for the sinners, for false prophets, the symbol for the Antichrist and the Babylonian beasts. Among the equestrian peoples, six was the sacral and organizational number of the worshippers of the spring equinox, demonstrable in the cultures of the Avars and the Khabars. – B: 1020, T: 7617.→Avars; Kabars.
Skaricza, Máté (Matthew) (Ráckeve, 1544 - Ráckeve, 21 March 1591) – Minister of the Reformed Church, literary translator and composer of hymns. He belonged to the second generation of Hungarian Reformers. He studied at his place of birth as a student of Reformer István (Stephen) Szegedi Kis. He became a teacher in Pest and Ráckeve in 1564 but, after two years, he continued his studies in Kolozsvár (now Cluj-Napoca, from Transylvania in Romania). After teaching for a short while in Jászberény and again in Ráckeve, he went abroad for further studies in 1569. At first, he went to Italy, because he was attracted by humanism. He studied in Padua, and visited many places including Verona, Venice, Mantua, Ferrara, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Siena, Pisa, Genoa, Pavia and Milan. Then he went to Geneva, Zürich, Paris, Wittenberg, Strassburg, Heidelberg, Marburg, London, Cambridge, and again to Wittenberg. In 1542 he returned to Ráckeve and, soon after the death of his master and friend István Szegedi Kiss, he became a pastor in Ráckeve until he died during a Turkish raid. He translated into Latin the work of Szegedi Kis: Theologias sincerae loci communes. In it he put the biography of the author: Vita Stephani Szegedini (1585). He translated into Hungarian Luther’s song: Ein feste Burg… (A Mighty Fortress…, Erős várunk…). Perhaps he translated into Hungarian the Canons of Hercegszöllős (Hercegszöllősi kánonok), which contributed to the spreading of Calvinist Reformation in Hungary. He also wrote poems in Latin, as well as in Hungarian, e.g. It’s a Precious Thing to Praise Lord God… (Drága dolog az Úristent dicsérni…). He also wrote the history of Ráckeve. He was the first biographer in Hungary. A Library and a Promenade bear his name in Ráckeve. – B: 0907, 1862, T: 7103, 7456.→Szegedi Kis, István; Hercegszöllős, Canons of.

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