Károly Holecz
Károly Holecz (Slovene: Karči Holec) (born 24 February 1969) is a Slovenian writer, journalist, and former mayor of the village of Orfalu, near Szentgotthárd, Hungary.
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His parents are Károly Holecz Sr. and Sára Skerlák. Born in Szentgotthárd, he went to primary school in Apátistvánfalva and high school in Körmend. After that he received a bachelor's degree from Dániel Berzsenyi College (now University of West Hungary – Savaria University Center) in Szombathely after studying Slovene and technology.
He worked at the Hungarian Slovenian weekly Porabje, and from 1994 to 2006 was the mayor of Orfalu.[1] He has been awarded a recognition as a notable member of the Slovene minority in Hungary.[2]
In 2003, he published a collection of stories titled Andovske zgodbe, Andovske prpovejsti (Stories of Orfalu)[3] in standard Slovene and the Prekmurje dialect.
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 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