Ágnes Huszár Várdy, Ph.D., Professor of English and Communications at Robert Morris University and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature at Duquesne University passed away Monday, July 18th, 2022, in Budapest, Hungary.
Dr. Vardy received her doctoral degree from Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest and taught at Robert Morris from 1970 to 2001.
She was the author, co-author, or co-editor of eleven scholarly books and over 100 articles, essays, and reviews.
She was also the author of two historical-social novels: Mimi (English 1997, 1999, 2007; Hungarian 1997, 2007), and My Italian Summer (English 2007; Hungarian 2013).
She was an invited member of the International P.E.N. (1985) and a Plenary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2004).
She received numerous awards for her scholarly achievements, including Hungary’s “Berzsenyi-Prize” (1992),Árpád Academy’s “Gold Medal” (1998),Rákóczi Foundation’s “Pro Libertate Award” (2005),Gold Medal of the Hungarian Revolutionary Committee (2006),and an Honorary Doctorate from King Louis the Great University (2007).
Most recently she was honored (jointly with her husband) with a Festschrift entitled Hungary Through the Centuries: Studies in Honor of Professors Steven Béla Várdy and Agnes Huszár Várdy,
She is survived by her three children, Nicholas, Zoltan and Laura; and three grandchildren, Szofi, Victor and Vera, sister Beatrix Detky, and brother Joseph Huszar.
A memorial service will be held for Dr. Vardy Monday, Aug. 29th, 2022, at St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, followed by a reception.
In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Dr. Vardy may be made to the "Drs. Steven Bela Vardy & Agnes Huszar Vardy International Research and Study Grant" at Duquesne University. Checks should be made payable to "Duquesne University" with the "Vardy Fund" written in the memo line and mailed to Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Ave., 406 Administration Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15282.
MIMI
[A social-historical novel in Hungarian.]
Debrecen, Hungary; Csokonai Kiadó, 1997, 372 pp.;
2nd Hungarian edition, Budapest: Mundus Magyar Egyetemi Kiadó, 2007, 352 pp.
MIMI
[A social-historical novel in English.]Chicago: Atlantis-Centaur Pu
KARL BECK ÉLETE ÉS KÖLT?I PÁLYÁJA.
[The Life and Poetry of Karl Beck].
Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1984, 167 pp
A STUDY IN AUSTRIAN ROMANTICISM: HUNGARIAN INFLUENCES IN LENAU’S POETRY.
Buffalo, New York: State University of New York at Buffalo & The Hungarian Cultural Foundation, Buffalo, 1974), 173 pp.