Attila Henrik Szabó (born January 31, 1970) is a Hungarian born writer, translator, television and radio journalist, producer, communications expert.

Attila Henrik Szabó
Attila Henrik Szabó, 2009
Attila Henrik Szabó, 2009
Born (1970-01-31) 31 January 1970 (age 54)
Budapest, Hungary
Pen name
  • Kornel Pesti
Occupationwriter, translator, television and radio journalist, producer, communications expert
NationalityHungarian
Website
szah.weebly.com

Life

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Attila Henrik Szabó was born in Budapest. He graduated from the University of Debrecen in 1994. He taught English language at a Budapest city highschool and a popular private language school for over three years. He studied translation and interpretation from Istvan Geher at Hungary's leading university, ELTE from 1994 to 1996. He completed the Hungarian Radio course in Radio Journalism and the BBC World Service course in Television and Radio Journalism and Basic Broadcast Techniques in 1996. He worked as an editor at the Hungarian Radio then he secured a job with the Hungarian Television. Soon after the first Hungarian commercial television channels were established in 1997 he became a producer at TV2 (Hungary), the first commercial terrestrial channel available. He published several articles and books of many genres. He worked for Weber Shandwick, England's leading PR agency from 2008 to 2011. He translated television series (Discovery Channel, Discovery Science, Discovery World) from English into Hungarian. He is an author of several popular books in Hungary. In 2012 he moved to the UK and lives there with his family.

Media career

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Public relations

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  • Media and crisis management trainings for company executives from 1998
  • Weber Shandwick (2008–2010) – Senior Advisor, Head of Media and Creative

Translations

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  • Poems (1998–)
  • Books (1998–)
  • Television series and one offs (Science) (Discovery Channel, Discovery World, Discovery Science) from English into Hungarian (2011–)

Awards, memberships

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Books published

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  • Idézetek könyve (Big Book of Quotes) (1998) – 400 pages
  • Idézetek könyve (Big Book of Quotes) (2002) – 399 pages, ISBN 9789639262379
  • Nagy emberek nagy mondásai (Great Sayings from Great Men) (2009) – 208 pages, ISBN 9789639898141
  • Öreg néne Győzikéje, válogatott celebmesék (Celebrity Tales) (2011) – 168 pages, ISBN 9789630825870

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Other relevant information

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