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Katalin Bogyay was born in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. She graduated in economics at the University of Budapest, received a Master's in Communications from the London Westminster University and studied counselling at the Westminster Pastoral Foundation.
She started her career as a theatre and music critic, later becoming a presenter, producer and senior editor of music and the arte at Hungarian National Television (MTV). She went on to become an international broadcasts and documentary film-maker, working throughout the 1990s as an independent producer based in London.
In 1999 she became a diplomat and began working for the Hungarian Ministry for Culture. She then became the Director of the Hungarian Cultural Centre in London, which, in 1999, she opened in Covent Garden. In July 2006 Ms. Bogyay was appointed State Secretary for International Affairs at the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture.
She was awarded the Knight's Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Katalin Bogyay was born in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. She graduated in economics at the University of Budapest, received a Master's in Communications from the London Westminster University and studied counselling at the Westminster Pastoral Foundation.
She started her career as a theatre and music critic, later becoming a presenter, producer and senior editor of music and the arte at Hungarian National Television (MTV). She went on to become an international broadcasts and documentary film-maker, working throughout the 1990s as an independent producer based in London.
In 1999 she became a diplomat and began working for the Hungarian Ministry for Culture. She then became the Director of the Hungarian Cultural Centre in London, which, in 1999, she opened in Covent Garden. In July 2006 Ms. Bogyay was appointed State Secretary for International Affairs at the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture.
She was awarded the Knight's Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary for her outstanding contributions to international culture. Katalin is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), a member of the prestigious Athenaeum Club and one of the founders of the Liszt Academy Network.
She has published three books (Dajka, In Memóriám János Pilinszky, My Meetings Round the World). Her husband is a lawyer in Budapest, and her son is reading history and politics at the University of Durham in the UK. Vissza