Béla Balázs

Béla Balázs (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈbɒlaːʒ]; 4 August 1884 – 17 May 1949), born Herbert Béla Bauer, was a Hungarian film critic, aesthetician, writer and poet of Jewish heritage. He was a proponent of formalist film theory.

For other people with the same name, see Herbert Bauer.

Béla Balázs
Béla Balázs c. 1910s
Born
Herbert Béla Bauer

(1884-08-04)4 August 1884
Szeged, Austria-Hungary
(present-day Szeged, Hungary)
Died17 May 1949(1949-05-17) (aged 64)
Jósefváros, Budapest, Second Hungarian Republic
Resting placeNational Graveyard in Fiumei Street, Jósefváros, Budapest
NationalityHungarian
Occupation(s)Film theorist, film critic, screenwriter
Years active1921-1947
MovementFormalist film theory
Spouse(s)Edit Hajós (1913–1918)
Anna Schlamadinger (1919-his death)
AwardsKossuth Prize (1949)
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