Károly Holecz
Károly Holecz (Slovene: Karči Holec) (born 24 February 1969) is a Slovenian writer, journalist, and former mayor of the village Orfalu, near Szentgotthárd, Hungary.
His parents are Károly Holecz Sr. and Sára Skerlák. Born in Szentgotthárd, he went to school in Apátistvánfalva, and grammar school in Körmend. After that he graduated in Szombathely, at Dániel Berzsenyi College (now University of West Hungary - Savaria University Center), after studying Slovene language and technology.
He worked at the Hungarian Slovenian weekly Porabje, and between 1994 - 2006 was the mayor of Orfalu.[1] He has been awarded recognition as a notable member of the Slovenian minority in Hungary.[2]
In 2003, he published a collection of stories Andovske zgodbe, Andovske prpovejsti (Stories of Orfalu)[3] in Slovene and Prekmurian language.
Bibliography
- Holec, Karel (2003). Andovske zgodbe/Andovske prpovejsti (in Slovenian). Murska Sobota: Franc-Franc. ISBN 961-219-068-2. OCLC 57742911.
References
- ↑ Új választás lesz Orfalun: Goda-Holecz 28-28, Vas Népe (in Hungarian), October 5, 2010 (noting that Holecz was mayor from 1994-2006, that Ilona Goda was elected mayor in 2006, and that in the 2010 mayoral election they have tied at 28-28, which will require a new vote)
- ↑ Kisebbségek napja, Gotthárd TV (in Hungarian), December 16, 2009
- ↑ Együtt, egymásért: kisebbségek napja Szentgotthárdon, Vas Népe (in Hungarian), December 12, 2009