Judit Vihar

Judit Vihar
Born (1944-08-28) 28 August 1944 (age 80)
Budapest, Hungary
NationalityHungarian
CitizenshipHungarian
Alma materEötvös Loránd University
Known forJapanese Modern Literature
Methodology of Foreign Language Teaching
AwardsOrder of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (2009)
Scientific career
FieldsHistory of literature
Translation
InstitutionsEötvös Loránd University
Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary

Judit Vihar (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈjudit ˈvihɒr]) (born 28 August 1944) is a Hungarian literary historian, Japanologist, professor emerita, translator, haiku poet and head of The Hungary–Japan Friendship Society. She has been active in the relationship between Japan and Hungary for decades. She is fluent in Hungarian, Japanese, Russian and Bulgarian.