Hungarian artist, autistic savant
Henriett Seth F.
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Henriett in a swing and Borcsok Enik?, Trafo House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest, 2010
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Born
| Fajcsak Henrietta
(
1980-10-27
)
27 October 1980
Eger
,
Hungary
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Occupation
| Autistic savant artist
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Literary movement
| Autistic art
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Henriett Seth F.
(born
Fajcsak Henrietta
, 27 October 1980), also known by the
Hungarian
pseudonym
Seth F. Henriett
,
[1]
is a
Hungarian
autistic savant
poet, writer, musician, and artist.
Childhood
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Henriett did not make eye contact in her early childhood. In 1987, all the primary schools in her town refused to admit her because of her communication problems. She was placed in a music and art class,
[2]
but she would not sing. As a result, in 1989 she was sent to a mentally
handicapped
primary school by two teachers, although she remained in the music and art class.
[3]
She played
flute
from the age of 8 and played
contrabass
from ages 10?12, and until the age of 13, she was in many concerts in the Garrison and Soldiers' Club (in Hungarian: Helyorsegi Klub)
[4]
[5]
She was also found to have
echolalia
, communications problems and repetitive behaviors.
[6]
She was diagnosed with
childhood autism
by the Hungarian Autism Research Group (Autizmus Alapitvany es Kutatocsoport) and two psychiatrists in
Eger
.
Henriett started writing between the ages of nine and thirteen. She painted
autistic art
paintings for the House of Arts in Eger,
[7]
and the Hotel Stadion of
Budapest
at the East-European Autism Conference, 2004.
Adulthood
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Education
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She won the
Geza Gardonyi
Prize at the age of 18 for her art and literature. Henriett went to
Eszterhazy Karoly College
at the age of 18 to study at the Psychology Institution. She has
Raven
IQ above 140 and Magyar Wechsler Intelligence Test(MAWI) IQ above 120 with some part under an IQ of 90, meaning she is considered an autistic savant.
[8]
Writing career
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Henriett was invited to Friderikusz Sandor's
[9]
documentary film, to
Szolas Szabadsaga
("Freedom of Speech"), in 2005, which was seen by 700,000 people. This documentary film is titled
Es?lany
("Rain Girl"). In 2006 Henriett wrote one novel,
Autizmus ? Egy masik vilag
("Autism ? Another World"). The book was published by the University of
Pecs
, in the New Galaxy anthology. Henriett won the 6th-place prize in the International Literature Competition in 2000, at the age of 19. She came in first in 2001, at the age of 20 (by International Alliance of Hungarian Writers).
In 2005, she wrote another book,
Autizmussal onmagamba zarva
("Closed into myself with autism"), which was published by the Hungarian Autism Research Group and Ministry for National Cultural Heritage.
Monodramas
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In 2010, Orlai Produkcios Iroda made a
monodrama
,
Nemsenkileny, monolog nemmindegyembereknek
("Notanobodycreature"), from Henriett Seth F's book. The textbook contains details of
Donna Williams
's
Nobody Nowhere: The extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic Girl
, Birger Sellin's
Don't want to Be Inside Me Anymore: Messages from Autistic Mind,
and a few lines from
Mark Haddon's
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
. The monodrama played in
Esztergom
,
Budapest
,
Pecs
,
Tatabanya
,
Szekesfehervar
and
Eger
theaters and was adapted into a TV documentary for Hungarian Television in 2010,
[10]
[11]
[12]
and played in Budapest,
Gyongyos
theaters in 2011.
End of career
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She gave up her creative music career at the age of 13, her creative writing career at the age of 25, and painting before the age of 27.
[13]
She showed her last art work in Brody Sandor Public Library in June 2007.
[14]
[15]
[16]
Henriett Seth F.'s life and arts can be compared to
Arthur Rimbaud
's life and arts after her "
Little Wassily Kandinsky
"'s early childhood savant syndrome years.
[17]
Henriett had a universal effect of all that was what we now call
autism
and
savant syndrome
.
Disabilities
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Seth has childhood autism,
mitral valve prolapse
,
nearsightedness
,
astigmatism
,
strabismus
, three
autoimmune disorders
, orthopedic diseases and other physical disorders.
Works
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In Hungarian
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- Henriett Seth F.' s unpublished poems from her childhood and teen years before the age 25 with title
It may be...
;
Autumn
;
Well, don't speak this child
;
Something easy to write and sweet
;
There in the distance
;
Silently
;
Somewhere
;
A dream in a cage
;
Liberation from the slavery of the soul
and
Poem to the patron
, on title 2nd
Existence, infinity, and the world
years between (1989?2005)
[18]
[19]
[20]
[21]
[22]
[23]
[24]
[25]
- Winner of the XIIth and XIIIth
International Literature Competition
(2000?2001) International Alliance of Hungarian Writers
[26]
- Novels to the periodical New Face, (2001)
- Autizmussal onmagamba zarva
("Closed into myself with autism") by Henriett Seth F. to Hungarian Autism Research Group and Ministry for the National Cultural Heritage (2005)
[27]
- Autizmus ? Egy masik vilag
("Autism ? Another World") by Henriett Seth F. to University of
Pecs
(2006)
[28]
[29]
[30]
[31]
- Novel to the periodical
Es?ember
("Rain Man") (2006) by Henriett Seth F. from her kindergarten's, primary school's and Eszterhazy College's life
[32]
[33]
[34]
Exhibitions
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- Henriett Seth F.' s paintings and galleries in House of Arts and Brody Sandor Public Library,
Eger
, 1993?2007
[14]
[15]
[16]
TV documentaries
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Theatres
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- Monodrama
from book of Henriett Seth F., text book contains details of
Donna Williams
, Birger Sellin and
Mark Haddon
:
Nemsenkileny, monolog nemmindegyembereknek
("Notanobodycreature") in
Esztergom
' s Theatre by Orlai Produkcios Iroda, 2010
[37]
- Monodrama from book of Henriett Seth F., text book contains details of
Donna Williams
, Birger Sellin and
Mark Haddon
:
Nemsenkileny, monolog nemmindegyembereknek
("Notanobodycreature") in
Budapest
Trafo House of Contemporary Arts by Orlai Produkcios Iroda, 2010, 2011
[38]
[39]
- Monodrama from book of Henriett Seth F., text book contains details of
Donna Williams
, Birger Sellin and
Mark Haddon
:
Nemsenkileny, monolog nemmindegyembereknek
("Notanobodycreature") in
Pecs
' s Harmadik Theatre by Orlai Produkcios Iroda, 2010
[40]
- Monodrama from book of Henriett Seth F., text book contains details of
Donna Williams
, Birger Sellin and
Mark Haddon
:
Nemsenkileny, monolog nemmindegyembereknek
("Notanobodycreature") in
Tatabanya
' s Jaszai Mari Theatre by Orlai Produkcios Iroda, 2010
[41]
- Monodrama from book of Henriett Seth F., text book contains details of
Donna Williams
, Birger Sellin and
Mark Haddon
:
Nemsenkileny, monolog nemmindegyembereknek
("Notanobodycreature") in
Szekesfehervar
' s Vorosmarty Theatre by Orlai Produkcios Iroda, 2010
[42]
- Monodrama from book of Henriett Seth F., text book contains details of
Donna Williams
, Birger Sellin and
Mark Haddon
:
Nemsenkileny, monolog nemmindegyembereknek
("Notanobodycreature") in
Eger
' s Gardonyi Geza Theatre by Orlai Produkcios Iroda, 2010
[43]
- Monodrama from book of Henriett Seth F., text book contains details of
Donna Williams
, Birger Sellin and
Mark Haddon
:
Nemsenkileny, monolog nemmindegyembereknek
("Notanobodycreature") in
Budapest
' s Radnoti Szinhaz by Orlai Produkcios Iroda, 2011
[44]
- Monodrama from book of Henriett Seth F., text book contains details of
Donna Williams
, Birger Sellin and
Mark Haddon
:
Nemsenkileny, monolog nemmindegyembereknek
("Notanobodycreature") in
Gyongyos
' s Matra M?vel?desi Kozpont by Orlai Produkcios Iroda, 2011
[45]
Criticism
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- Henriett Seth F.'s book
Autizmussal onmagamba zarva
("Closed into myself with autism") by
Alliance Safeguarding for Hungarian Autistic Children and Adults
[46]
- Henriett Seth F.'s book
Autizmussal onmagamba zarva
("Closed into myself with autism") and Henriett Seth F. by Borcsok Enik?, title with
Megoszthatatlan bels? magany
("Indivisible internal solitude")
[47]
- Henriett Seth F.'s book
Autizmus ? Egy masik vilag
("Autism ? Another World") by
Magazine Solaria Science Fiction
[30]
See also
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Further reading
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References
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External links
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- Monodrama from book of Henriett Seth F. ? Contains book (Autizmussal onmagamba zarva) of Henriett Seth F.
Archived
5 May 2012 at the
Wayback Machine
, title with
Nemsenkileny, monolog nemmindegyembereknek
("Notanobodycreature"), by Orlai Produkcios Iroda, RTL Klub, ATV, Port, 2010
- Henriett Seth F.' s international influences: Arts in Difference
? Contains Arts in Difference: Henriett Seth F.,
Nemsenkileny, monolog nemmindegyembereknek
"Notanobodycreature", 2010