the increasing centralisation of political power brought him into disfavour from the Ceaușescu government. Increasingly he also opposed the regime's pressure to "homogenise" the various nationalities in the country, such as restrictions against the use of the Hungarian language. By the time of Ceaușescu's removal from power during the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Sütő was a well-known public figure, respected for his support of the rights of the Hungarian people in Romania. Awards In 1979, Sütő was awarded the Herder Prize. He also received the Gábor Bethlen Prize (1990), and the Kossuth Prize (1992). Later life Sütő had his eye gouged out during the 1990 ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș, and had to undergo treatment in Hungary. He died on 30 September 2006 in Budapest, where he was undergoing treatment for cancer. Selected works Drama Mezítlábas menyasszony (Barefoot Bride), 1950 Pompás Gedeon (Gedeon the Pompous), 1967 Csillag a máglyán (Star at the Stake), 1974 Egy lócsiszár virágvasárnapja (The Palm Sunday of a Horse Dealer), 1975 Káin és Abel (Cain and Abel), 1977 Advent a Hargitán (Advent in the Hargita Mountain), 1985 Alomkommandó (Dream Commando), 1987 Balkáni gerle (Collared Dove), 1999 Novels and short stories Félrejáró Salamon (By-Stepping Salomon), 1956 Anyám könnyű álmot ígér (Mother Promises a Light Dream), 1970 Essays and memoirs Engedjétek hozzám jönni a szavakat (Let the Words Come to Me), 1977 Perzsák (Persians), 1981 Szemet szóért (Eye for a Word), 1993 External links Sütő's digitalised works References 1927 births 2006 deaths People from Cluj County Romanian people of Hungarian descent Romanian dramatists and playwrights Romanian essayists Romanian newspaper editors Romanian male novelists Hungarian-language writers Hungarian male dramatists and playwrights Hungarian essayists Male essayists Hungarian journalists Hungarian male novelists 20th-century Romanian novelists 20th-century Hungarian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century essayists 20th-century Romanian male writers 20th-century Hungarian male writers 20th-century Romanian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Hungarian novelists 20th-century journalists Members of the Great National Assembly Herder Prize recipients Deaths from skin cancer Deaths from cancer in Hungary Romanian Communist Party politicians