Th e Unitarian Contributors of the Publication “Transylvanian Youth”. Dedicated to the Memory of Ferenc Balázs and Imre Mikó Cover Image

Az Erdélyi Fiatalok unitárius munkatársai. A 110 éve született Balázs Ferenc és a 100 éve született Mikó Imre emlékének
Th e Unitarian Contributors of the Publication “Transylvanian Youth”. Dedicated to the Memory of Ferenc Balázs and Imre Mikó

Author(s): Péter Cseke
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Erdélyi Unitárius Egyház
Keywords: Erdélyi Fiatalok; Balázs Ferenc; Mikó Imre

Summary/Abstract: Imre Mikó, born a hundred years ago, was not even 20 years old when Erdélyi Fiatalok (Transylvanian Youth) started, but he was already considered one of the leaders of the Unitarian youth movement. The other was Ferenc Balázs, who had just arrived home from his 5-year journey around the world, and was greeted by Mikó – a high school student at that time – on the pages of the Unitárius Közlöny (Unitarian Herald) as his idol. Ferenc Balázs belonged to the first generation of Hungarian minority writers; Mikó, who was 10 years younger than Balázs, to the second generation. In the past 30 years the author of this study has written several times about Ferenc Balázs, Imre Mikó and László Szabédi, writers and major representatives of the Unitarian community. Now, after re-reading the ten years of the periodical Transylvanian Youth from a Unitarian point of view, he realizes that besides the above mentioned writers there were many young Unitarians publishing their writings in the Erdélyi Fiatalok, who also later became leaders of the Unitarian Church bishops, vice bishops theological professors or ministers, district deans, teachers, doctors, lawyers, music teachers, choristers and, yes, farmers. Among these are György Boros, János Erdő, József Ferencz, Elek Kiss, Lajos Kovács, Sándor Szent-Iványi; Lajos Kelemen, Sámuel Szabó; György Bözödi, István Dobai; Géza Delly-Szabó, Gyula Péterffy, Emil Bede, László Lőrinczi, Mihály Lőrinczi, Mór Rázmán, Károly Ürmösi and others.

  • Issue Year: 117/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 140-154
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Hungarian