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The Hungarian National Museum Public Collections Center – Petőfi Literary Museum (PIM) is commemorating author Zsigmond Móricz, who was born 145 years ago, with a comprehensive series of programs, the institution informed MTI.
The series of events commemorating Zsigmond Móricz will start on October 28, at 6 p.m. with a round-table discussion by writers Krisztián Grecsó and András Forgách, moderated by literary historian Zsófia Szilágyi.
On November 7, the works of Zsigmond Móricz and László Garaczi will be in dialogue in the PIM’s lecture series entitled “Parallel Stories.”
The audience will be able to get to know the world of the two writers through their life situations, their thoughts, and their reflections on each other’s world view.
Among his most famous works are:
On the last Wednesday of every month, PIM will close the month with an unusual, subjective guided tour, the organizers said. On October 30, from 6 p.m., visitors can discover the exhibition “Halycon Days” focusing on the experience of the city in the 1840s, and the use of space by men and women. Emese Gyimesi, a literary and social historian, and Zsolt Mészáros, the curator of the exhibition, will guide visitors from the editorial rooms to the homes on Váci Street. Among other things, they will talk about Julia Szendrey, a Hungarian poet, writer, and translator, most known as the wife of celebrated Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi.
Also from 6 p.m., Zsófia Frazon, museologist at the Museum of Ethnography, will give a guided tour of an exhibition, presenting the collections of writers.
“How do the real experiences of a writer appear in the fictional space of a novel? What happens when the author puts his most personal experiences on paper and makes them public?” These are the questions that will be explored in PIM’s new series of talks, in which poet and writer Krisztina Tóth and film director Gábor Zsigmond Papp will be in conversation with János Szegő, editor of Magvető Publishing, on November 4, at 7 p.m. The program is a side event to the temporary exhibition of writers’ diaries opening in November.
Via MTI; Featured image via Fortepan/Zsivkov Anita – Koós Árpád / Kocsis András fényképei