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Bojtár, Endre

Literary historian, translator. He worked for the Institute of Literature of the Hungarian Academic of Sciences. He specialized in the comparative studies of Eastern European literatures. He is the founding father in Hungary of the Baltic studies. In 1968-69 he participated in the preliminary works of the issuing of a new periodical which was prohibited. He was silenced for five years and was considered among those critical to the party. He took part in the editing of the samizdat Máshonnan Beszélő. He was editor of the literary periodical 2000.

Bod, Péter Ákos

Economist, university professor, politician. He studied at Károly Marx University of Economics, at László Rajk College. Between 1975 and 1990 he worked for the Institute of Economy Planning. In 1989 he took part in the National Roundtable Talks and was among the authors of the economic plan of the Hungarian Democratic Forum. He was Minister of Industry and Trade in 1990-1991. Between 1991 and 1994 was Governor of the Hungarian National Bank. 

Beliczay, Árpád

Modeller. He was founding member and dancer of Bihari Folk Dance Group. In 1956 He took part in the fightings at the building of the Hungarian Radio and in Corvin Circle. He left Hungary but he returned after he had past one year in Belgium. He left Hungary again in 1980 and settled in West-Germany. He moved back to Hungary after the political transition of 1989.

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