István Szeli

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István Szeli (Serbian spelling: Ištvan Seli ; born September 11, 1921 in Senta , Vojvodina , Yugoslavia ; † February 25, 2012 ) was a Yugoslav literary scholar who studied Hungarian literature of the 18th and 19th centuries.

After graduating from high school in Subotica , he studied Hungarian language and literature at the Loránd Eötvös University in Budapest and did his doctorate at the University of Novi Sad , where he taught as a full professor from 1974. Since 1991 he has been a full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts .

Works

  • Nemzeti irodalom, nemzetiségi irodalom (National Literature, Nationality Literature), 1974
  • Nastanak Vojvodjanske Akademije Nauka i Umetnosti (The Foundation of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Vojvodina ), 1981
  • Istorijske i književne paralele (Historical and literary parallels), translated from Hungarian by Sándor Páll , 1987
  • Nyelvünk, kultúránk, nyelvi kultúránk (language, culture, linguistic culture), 1997, ISBN 86-323-0398-8

Web links

  • Obituary in the Magyar Szó (Hungarian)
  • Obituary on the homepage of the Serbian Academy (English)
personal data
SURNAME Szeli, István
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seli, Ištvan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Senta
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 2012