Henriett Seth F. | |
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 Henriett in a swing and Börcsök Enikő, Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest, 2010 | |
| Born | Fajcsák Henrietta 27 October 1980 Eger, Hungary |
| Occupation | Autistic savant artist |
| Literary movement | Autistic art |
Henriett Seth F. (born Fajcsák Henrietta, 27 October 1980), also known by the Hungarian pseudonym Seth F. Henriett,[1] is a Hungarian autistic savant poet, writer, musician and artist.
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, so, 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 at the age of 10–12, and until the age of 13, she was in many concerts in the Garrison and Soldiers of 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 Hungarian Autism Research Group (Autizmus Alapítvány és Kutatócsoport) and two psychiatries of Eger.
Henriett started writing between the ages of nine and thirteen. She painted autistic art paintings to the House of Arts, Eger,[7] and Hotel Stadion of Budapest in the East-European Autism Conference, 2004.
She won the Géza Gárdonyi Prize at the age of 18 for her art and literature. Henriett went to Eszterházy Károly College at the age of 18 to the Psychology Institution. She has Raven IQ above 140 and Magyar Wechsler Intelligence Test(MAWI) IQ above 120 with part some under IQ 90, so she was considered an autistic savant.[8]
Henriett was invited to the Friderikusz Sándor's[9] documentary film, to Szólás Szabadsága ("Freedom of Speech"), in 2005, that was seen by 700,000 people. This documentary film was entitled Esőlány ("Rain Girl"). In 2006 Henriett wrote one novel, Autizmus – Egy másik világ ("Autism – Another World"). That work was published by University of Pécs, 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 a book, Autizmussal önmagamba zárva ("Closed into myself with autism"), that was published by the Hungarian Autism Research Group and Ministry for National Cultural Heritage.
In 2010, Orlai Produkciós Iroda made a monodrama, Nemsenkilény, monológ nemmindegyembereknek ("Notanobodycreature"), from book of Henriett Seth F. The textbook contains details of Donna Williams's Nobody Nowhere: The extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic Girl few lines, Birger Sellin's Don't want to Be Inside Me Anymore: Messages from Autistic Mind few lines and a few lines by Mark Haddon's: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. That played in Esztergom, Budapest, Pécs, Tatabánya, Székesfehérvár and Eger theatres and made from it TV documentary in Hungarian Television, 2010,[10][11][12] and Budapest, Gyöngyös theatres in 2011.
She gave up her creative music career altogether at the age of 13, her creative writing career at the age of 25. She also gave up 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 universal effect of all that was what we now call autism and savant syndrome. and National Talents Support Council, Particular Educational Talents Support Council, Budapest, Hungary: Henriett Seth F. – The Rain Girl Artist.[18]
Seth has childhood autism, mitral valve prolapse, nearsightedness, astigmatism, strabismus, three autoimmune disorders, orthopedic diseases and other physical disorders.
