About Sándor Sík
Lived 1889 – 1963 (aged 74). Sándor Sík was a Hungarian latin Catholic priest, poet, literary translator, literary historian, regular cleric and translator.
Sándor Sík (20 January 1889 – 28 September 1963) was a Hungarian writer and priest, a representative of the New Catholic poetry in Hungary. He was a professor of literature at Szeged University from 1930; from 1948 he was the Piarist Order's highest representative in Hungary. He published the Catholic magazine Vigilia. In addition to his poetry, his historical dramas and mystery plays saw success. His brother was Hungarian the communist politician Endre Sík.
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Who was Sándor Sík?
Hungarian poet (1889-1963)
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Sándor Sík was born on 20 January 1889 in Budapest.
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Sándor Sík died on 28 September 1963 in Budapest.
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Sándor Sík was a latin Catholic priest, poet, literary translator, literary historian, regular cleric and translator.
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Sándor Sík was Hungarian.
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