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Two of our professors honoured with State Awards on the occasion of the National Holiday

Eszter Vitályos, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation, and Magdolna Závogyán, State Secretary for Culture, awarded the Commander's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit, the Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit, the Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit,  the Hungarian Gold Cross of Merit, the  Hungarian Silver Cross of Merit, the Hungarian Bronze Cross of Merit, the Miklós Bánffy Award, the György Bessenyei Award,  the Mihály Csokonai Vitéz Award, the György Martin Award, the Ferenc Móra Award, the Young Master of Folk Art Award, the Master of Folk Art Award, the Gyula Pauler Award, the Pro Cultura Hungarica Award, and the József Szinnyei Award at the Pesti Vigadó.

Two of our colleagues were awarded prestigious state orders at the ceremony.

Prof. Sándor DÉVÉNYI, Artist of the Nation, an architect with Kossuth, Miklós Ybl and Pro Architectura Awards, a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, professor emeritus of the University of Pécs, was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit for civilians, in recognition of his outstanding professional work.



Prof. Bálint BACHMANN, Ybl Miklós Award-winning architect, Rector of the Budapest Metropolitan University, Head of the Marcel Breuer Doctoral School of the University of Pécs, full professor, was awarded  Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit for civilians in recognition of his outstanding work.



We congratulate our professors and wish them continued professional success!

/Source: https://librarius.hu/2023/08/20/mar-elerheto-az-allami-muveszeti-es-tudomanyos-dijazottak-listaja/