Winner of the 2016 Lajos Kiss Prize: Dr Rita Póczos

Authors

  • István Hoffmann Debreceni Egyetem

Keywords:

onomasticians, Kiss Lajos Prize, Rita Póczos, Hungarian place names, historical toponomastics

Abstract

Winner of the 2016 Lajos Kiss Prize: Dr Rita Póczos  

 

The Lajos Kiss Prize, awarded every two or three years since 2006, is considered to be a highly prestigious award for young onomasticians. The 2016 winner of the prize is Dr Rita Póczos, senior lecturer at the Department of Hungarian Linguistics of the University of Debrecen. She was given this award for her contribution to Hungarian Historical Onomastics, especially for her research on place names.

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Published

2016-12-29

Issue

Vol. 38 (2016)

Section

Onomastics and events