István Csukás
Kossuth-díjas magyar költő, író.
Kisújszálláson született, egy nehéz sorsú kovácsmester nagyobbik fiaként, és itt járta ki az elemi iskolát is. A háború után egy zenetanár biztatására, anyja akaratából jelentkezett az akkor alakult békéstarhosi zeneiskolába: hegedűművész akart lenni.
Bár jól érezte magát a zeneiskolában, később mégis fellázadt a zene ellen: érettségi után felvételi nélkül felvették volna ugyan a Zeneakadámiára, mégis a jogi egyetemre jelentkezett, majd egy idő után átment a bölcsészkarra, de bölcsész tanulmányait sem fejezte be 1956 után. "Egészen más a zenei hallás és a verszenei hallás" - mondta Lackfi Jánosnak a 75. születésnapjára készült szubjektív portréban, M. Nagy Richárd Csukás 75 című filmjében[1]. Törzshelye lett a
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