Csernus Lukács - Triff Zsigmond: The Cemeteries of Budapest - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1999)

The memorial amphora of Gábor Devecseri

AT THE CORNER OF THE ARTISTS’ SECTION

vast Section 20, there is a characteristic relief by Miklós Borsos marking his own grave. Several other works of art can be seen here. The area nearby with a columbarium in the middle is called Kodály Circus; this is another, also fully occupied, burial ground reserved for members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Of the numerous eminent scholars and scientists buried here, only Zoltán Kodály, resting under a monument by Pál Pátzay, is mentioned by name in the present volume. In Section 21 there is the resting place of the great writer of hunting stories Zsigmond Széchenyi, marked by a simple wooden cross. Not far from here lie the painter, poet and editor La/'os Kassák, buried under a stone sculpture of his own; the paediatrician Emmi Pikier; the veterinarian József Marek; and the architect Gáspár Fábián, designer of several churches in the capital and the countryside. Painter Róbert Berény rests under a monument by Márta Lesenyei, while the distinguished illustrator and graphic artist Károly Reich is buried at the other end of the section, though his memorial statue by Pál Kő has disappeared. Ornamented with a modern sculpture by Sándor Rétfalvi, the grave of poet János Pilinszky is in the triangular Section 22. Of the famous persons buried around the corner towards the gate, mention must be made of actress Margit Dayka; further

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