István Csukás

István Csukás (2 April 1936 – 24 February 2020) was a Hungarian poet and novelist. He was awarded the Kossuth Prize in 1999. He was born in Kisújszállás, Kingdom of Hungary. From 1972 to 1975, he wrote the script for the popular puppet program "Mirr-Murr kandúr kalandjai".
Csukás died on 24 February 2020 at a hospital in Budapest at the age of 83.