In the 1960s his poems were characterized by dramatic oppositions and mythical motifs. Several of his poems (including The Wedding, which he regarded as one of his most important works) are about the loss of traditional values in the modern world. Another main topic during these years were poetic portraits of people like poet Attila József, composer Béla Bartók and painter Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka. Though the majority of his poems use tragical and majestic elements, he also uses irony, grotesque motifs and playfulness. The main topic and importance of his poetry could be summarized by his 1957 poem Ki viszi át a szerelmet ("Who Will Save Love"), which became well known already in the 1960s and is his best known poem today. The poem is his artistic creed, it asks who would save the important and beautiful things in life even during times of crisis, if poets couldn't? Awards 1950, 1953, 1955 József Attila Award 1968 Golden Wreath Struga Poetry Evenings 1966 Kossuth Prize winner 1976 Laureate of the International Botev Prize Works Tűnj el fájás (1949) A tüzér és a rozs (1951) Gyöngyszoknya (1953) Havon delelő szivárvány (1954) A nap jegyese (1954) Játék Karácsonykor (1956) Rege a tűzről és a jácintról (1956) A vasárnap gyönyöre (1956) A deres majális (1957) Ki viszi át a szerelmet (1957) Búcsúzik a lovacska (1963) Vállamon bárányos éggel (1964) Mennyegző (1964) Himnusz minden időben (1965) Zöld Angyal (1965) Arccal a tengernek (1966) Ég és föld (1971) Versben bújdosó (1973) Erdőn, mezőn gyertya (1975) Versek és versfordítások I-III. (1975) Válogatott versek (1976) Csodafiú-szarvas (1977) Kísérlet a bánat ellen (1978) Jönnek a harangok értem (1978) Szárny és piramis (1980) Didergő ezüstfiú (1981) Nagy László legszebb versei (1982) Nagy László összegyűjtött versei (1988) Inkarnáció ezüstben (1993) Krónika töredékek (1994) Legszebb versei (1995) Válogatott versek (1995) References External links "The Little Jesus of the Barren", Virginia Quarterly Review, Spring 1986 "The Scorching Wind Was His Religion: László Nagy (1925-1978)", by Kenneth McRobbie 20th-century Hungarian poets Hungarian male poets 1925 births 1978 deaths Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath laureates Hungarian expatriates in Bulgaria 20th-century Hungarian male writers