János Kornai was born on 1928-01-21.

#include<stdio.h>

int main() {

char prnt = '*';

int i, j, s, nos = 0;

for (i = 9; i >= 1; (i = i - 2)) {

for (s = nos; s >= 1; s--) {

printf(" ");

}

for (j = 1; j <= i; j++) {

if ((i % 2) != 0 && (j % 2) != 0) {

printf("%2c", prnt);

} else {

printf(" ");

}

}

printf("\n");

nos++;

}

nos = 3;

for (i = 3; i <= 9; (i = i + 2)) {

for (s = nos; s >= 1; s--) {

printf(" ");

}

for (j = 1; j <= i; j++) {

if ((i % 2) != 0 && (j % 2) != 0) {

printf("%2c", prnt);

} else {

printf(" ");

}

}

nos--;

printf("\n");

}

return 0;

}

Karen J. Riffel has written:

'Nos a dydd'

'Alffabet anifeiliaid' -- subject(s): Pictorial works, Juvenile literature, Alphabet, Animals

Nos is short for Numbers.

"Nos."