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István Kiss, 70, Hungarian sculptor and politician.
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|István Kiss (Biharillye, 8 June 1927 – Szekszárd, 29 December 1997) was a Hungarian sculptor and a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 1975 and 1989.
Education
Kiss attended secondary school at Nagyszalonta and Újpest. He graduated from the Könyves Kálmán Gimnázium [hu]. In 1946 he was student of András Kocsis and Imre Kovács Turáni. From 1948 to 1953 he was student of Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl and Sándor Mikus [hu] and Pál Pátzay at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.
Offices
Kiss was a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 22 March 1975 and 7 October 1989.
Works
One of his most notable sculptures is the Republic of Councils Monument (Hungarian: Tanácsköztársasági emlékmű), currently sitting at the Memento Park.
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