Árpád Göncz

Árpád Göncz was a Hungarian writer, literary translator, lawyer, and liberal politician who served as President of Hungary from 1990 to 2000. After imprisonment following the 1956 revolution, he built a major second career translating English-language literature, including J. R. R. Tolkien’s *The Lord of the Rings*. He also wrote novels, short stories, and dramas, while becoming an important figure in Hungary’s democratic transition.