Attila József

Attila József was one of the most famous Hungarian poets of the 20th century. Generally not recognized during his lifetime, József was hailed during the communist era of the 1950s as Hungary's great "proletarian poet" and he has become the best known of the modern Hungarian poets internationally.

11 April 1905

Born on the same birth day (11 April): Charles Hallé • David Westheimer • Dorothy Lewis Bernstein • Edward Lawson (VC) • Edwin Pope • Elizabeth Smylie • Ethel Kennedy • Frank Mantooth • George J. Maloof Sr. • Ian Bell • Ian Redmond • Johann Sebastian Paetsch • Lena Schöneborn • Lights (musician) • Lokesh Chandra • Luther Johnson (Guitar Junior) • Malcolm Christie • Michael von Grünigen • Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March • Stefanos Thomopoulos • Tony Brown (journalist) • Victor Bouchard • Yuriy Lituyev

Born in the same month (April 1905): Al Bates • Arthur Lake (actor) • Elizabeth Huckaby • Erika Nõva • Frits Philips • Gaston Eyskens • Georg Lammers • George H. Hitchings • Helen Joseph • J. William Fulbright • Jean Pierre-Bloch • Jean Vigo • John Kuck • Louis Jean Heydt • Pat Brown • Paul Hasluck • Rae Johnstone • Robert Choquette • Robert Penn Warren • Robert Sink • Sergey Nikolsky • Sydney Halter