Balázs Birtalan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Balázs Birtalan

Hungarian writer

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1969

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 14-May-2016

Profession: poet, therapist, essayist, LGBT rights activist

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Balázs Birtalan

  • Balázs Birtalan (October 12, 1969 – May 14, 2016) was a Hungarian author, poet, publicist, and psychotherapist, mostly known for his participation in the gay Christian movement in Hungary.
  • He was the son of the poet Ferenc Birtalan. His first poems were published at the age of ten; he has been publishing regularly since the age of 14.
  • He attended the Eötvös József High School in Budapest and graduated in 1988.
  • Raised as non-religious, he became a Christian on February 12, 1989, which was a life-changing experience for him; he was baptized as a Roman Catholic one week later.
  • Between 1990 and 1992 he studied theology at the Esztergom College of Theology and joined a Christian community, from which he was shut out because of his homosexuality in 1993.
  • This led to his launching of the gay Christian movement in Hungary with his friends.
  • They founded the communities Bíborpalást ["Scarlet Robe"] and Öt Kenyér ["Five Loaves of Bread"] afterwards, in which he took active part for more than a decade.In 1995 and 1996 he studied psychology at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.
  • He took an intermediate level language exam in English and an advanced level one in Esperanto.
  • Between 1988 and 1998 he earned a living by selling books and CD's; between 1996 and 1997 he taught English.
  • After 1998 he worked at a notary public's office, editing legal instruments.
  • In 2005–2006, he completed the 200-hour method-specific course of the Integrative Psychotherapy Association. He started publishing a blog in 2005.
  • His main topics included religion, compassionate communication, sustainable development, literature, psychology, sociology and philosophy.
  • A collection of his essays, formerly published in his blog, was published in 2008 as a book.
  • From early 2009 on he didn't consider himself a Christian any more.
  • His online nicknames Feanor and Izmael refer to the two authors who significantly shaped his worldview, J.
  • R.
  • R.
  • Tolkien and Daniel Quinn.

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