Hungarian Sherlock Holmes Club - HSHC
OUR SHERLOCKIAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- 2021: "BSS - BOOM SHAKA SHERLOCKIAN"
SHAKA SHERLOCKIAN SOCIETY OF HAWAII in recognition of our club president, our club and our translator
- 2025: "TOKAY" AWARD - on list of the nine Holmesians distinguished for their action in 2024
recognition of our club president
The CREE, the "Comité Réglementaire Elitaire Elémentaire des 12 sages de la Franco-Midland"-tól the criteria of the Franco-Midland "Quality" charter
Website: French Society of Sherlock Holmes (FSSH)
We are honoured to be in good partnership with several Sherlock Holmes Societies around the world.
CLUB HISTORY
IN 2010 IN HUNGARY ADRIENN FRAY (SHERLOCKEXTRA) CREATED A SHERLOCKIAN WEBSITE. WHILE BUILDING THE SITE, HE MET ACTOR LÁSZLÓ TAHI TÓTH, WHO WAS THE HUNGARIAN VOICE OF JEREMY BRETT IN THE LEGENDARY GRANADA SERIES. IT WAS LÁSZLÓ TAHI TÓTH'S IDEA TO HAVE A HUNGARIAN CLUB FOR THE GREAT DETECTIVE.
THE AIM OF THE CLUB IS TO HONOUR CONAN DOYLE, SHERLOCK HOLMES, DR WATSON AND ALL THE CHARACTERS IN THE CANON, AND TO PROMOTE THE GREAT DETECTIVE AND THE SHERLOCKIAN WORKS OF SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
IT NOW HAS GOOD ONLINE LINKS WITH SEVERAL FOREIGN SHERLOCKIAN SOCIETIES.
LÁSZLÓ TAHI TÓTH HAD GREAT RESPECT FOR CONAN DOYLE'S HERO. THE ACTOR, WHO WAS AWARDED THE KOSSUTH PRIZE, THE HIGHEST HUNGARIAN AWARD, PLAYED IN MANY SHERLOCKIAN PLAYS IN HIS LIFE: FILM, RADIO PLAY, AUDIO BOOK. LÁSZLÓ TAHI TÓTH WAS OUR FIRST CLUB PRESIDENT UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 2018.
IN 2013, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH SHERLOCK HOLMES SOCIETY, ALEŠ KOLODRUBEC, SENT AN EMAIL REQUESTING THAT THE HUNGARIAN SITE BE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH. AT THAT TIME WE CLOSED THE HUNGARIAN SITE AND SHERLOCKEXTRA AND REVATI CREATED THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WEBSITE: SHERLOCKIAN-SHERLOCK.COM.
WE WERE DELIGHTED THAT THIS SITE WAS VERY POPULAR ABROAD.
IN 2025, DUE TO SHERLOCKEXTRA'S CHRONIC ILLNESS, SHERLOCKIAN-SHERLOCK.COM WAS CLOSED DOWN AND REPLACED BY THIS SIMPLER SITE.
AS OF SUMMER 2021, WE ARE USING THE HUNGARIAN SITE AGAIN AT SHERLOCK.BLOG.HU.
THE CLUB'S VENUE WAS THE KÁRÁSZY SALON, A CULTURAL SPACE, WHICH CEASED TO EXIST AFTER THE DEATH OF LÁSZLÓ TAHI TÓTH AND HIS WIFE SZILVIA KÁRÁSZY.
FROM SPRING 2023, THE CLUB WILL HOLD ITS EVENTS IN THE DEÁK FERENC LIBRARY, WHICH IS PART OF THE LEADING BIBLIOTHEQUE OF THE HUNGARIAN CAPITAL, THE SZABÓ ERVIN LIBRARY OF BUDAPEST.
CLUB NEWS OCCASIONALLY APPEARS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF BLOG.HU BLOG SERVICE AND ON THE INDEX.HU NEWS PORTAL. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN ARTICLES ABOUT OUR CLUB IN NEWSPAPERS, FOR EXAMPLE SZABAD FÖLD, ONE OF THE MOST READ HUNGARIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS, HAS PUBLISHED TWO ARTICLES ABOUT US.
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE HUNGARIAN SHERLOCK HOLMES CLUB
MANY PEOPLE HAVE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT OUR NAME. WE WOULD NOW LIKE TO CLEAR THEM UP. GOOD TO KNOW:
1, WE NEVER WRITE LETTERS ON BEHALF OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
2, WE DO NOT SOLVE CRIMES
3, WE NEVER SIGN PETITIONS ON BEHALF OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
PLEASE NEVER ASK US FOR THESE!