Ernő Polgár (born Ernö Csupity; 27 January 1954 in Bácsalmás[1] – 28 October 2018 in Borneo)[2] was a Radnoti Prize[3] and Nagy Lajos Prize-winning author. In 2007 he was awarded one of the highest Hungarian rewards: the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Republic of Hungary. He was nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 for the year of 2018. He was a world literary rank Hungarian-European[4] author, editor, littérateur and dramaturgist.[5] Since 2018 he had been living in Borneo Island, Brunei Kingdom, spending time in his "writing house".