Mária Berényi

Maria Berényi (born 15 April 1959; ) is a Hungarian historian and poet of Romanian ethnicity. Born in Méhkerék , she has been the director of the Research Institute of the Romanians of Hungary in Gyula (, ) since 1993.

Berényi has published several volumes on the Romanian community in 19th-century Transylvania and Hungary. She has also published several volumes of verses in both Romanian and Hungarian. For her research and works, she has received multiple awards and distinctions.

Biography Maria Berényi was born on 15 April 1959 in Méhkerék , Hungary. As of 2023, she was the director of the Research Institute of the Romanians of Hungary, which she has been leading since 1993. Seated in Gyula (, ), Her research topics include, among others, the history of the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Romanian Greek Catholic Church in Hungary in the 18th and 19th centuries, the role of the church and of private foundations in 19th-century Transylvania and Hungary, the formation of Romanian intellectual elites in the University of Budapest in the 19th century and the role of women in Romanian culture and society in Transylvania and Hungary in the 19th century. She has also received the Eminescu Award from the publishing house and the Oradea-based magazine Familia, the "For Méhkerék" medal and diploma, an honorary diploma from the Romanian Cultural Institute's branch in Budapest and the "Golden Platelet" distinction from the Vasile Goldiș Western University of Arad.