Sándor Petőfi, Hungary’s National Poet, Born 200 Years Ago Two hundred years ago, on January 1, 1823, Sándor Petőfi, one of the best-known Hungarian poets, was born. A key... 2023.01.03.
A Giant of Literature: Exhibiton Depicting the Work of Áron Tamási Opens in Budapest An exhibition entitled Áron Tamási 125 opened on Monday in Budapest. A series of tableaux depicting the life's work of... 2022.07.26.
Kodály Arts Festival Starts Today in Kecskemét A number of Hungarian and foreign artists will perform at the 10-day Kodály Arts Festival, which starts on Monday, the... 2022.07.18.
93rd Festive Book Week Opens in Budapest One hundred and seventy-six pavilions with books from one hundred and eighty-two publishers opened the 93rd Festive Book Week on... 2022.06.10.
Hungarian High School Student Wins One of Oxford’s Most Prestigious Essay Competitions A Hungarian student from the László Lovassy High School in Veszprém and the Milestone Institute has won the Mary Renault... 2021.10.19.
Orbán Attends Poet Szőcs’s Funeral Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Saturday attended the funeral ceremony of poet Géza Szőcs, former state secretary and the prime... 2020.11.14.
Renowned Poet and Ministerial Advisor Géza Szőcs Dies at 67 Renowned poet Géza Szőcs, president of the Hungarian PEN Club and chief cultural advisor to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, died... 2020.11.06.
Poet with Hungarian-Jewish Roots Receives Nobel Prize in Literature American poet Louise Glück, whose paternal grandparents emigrated to the US from Hungary, won the 2020 Nobel Prize for Literature... 2020.10.08.
Valentine’s Day: Legendary Literary Loves February 14th - otherwise known as Valentine’s Day - is the day the whole world turns pink. Since the holiday... 2020.02.14.
Hungarian Press Roundup: Dispute Over New National Curriculum In a fierce debate about the government’s plans to revise the national curriculum, its critics and supporters accuse each other... 2020.02.06.
Magda Szabó’s Novel ‘Abigail’ Published in English, Recommended by The New York Times The English edition of Hungarian writer Magda Szabó's novel 'Abigail' (Abigél) was published last week, and according to Hungarian cultural... 2020.01.28.
Hungarian Author László Krasznahorkai Wins US National Book Award Yesterday, the 70th National Book Awards was held in New York, where prizes were awarded in five categories. Hungarian Author... 2019.11.21.
Famous Scandinavian Crime Author Jo Nesbø Set to Visit Budapest International Book Festival Next year, the 27th Budapest International Book Festival will be held between the 23rd and 26th of April at Millenáris... 2019.11.13.
Huge Debate Stirs around Writer Albert Wass Yet Again The debate around Albert Wass, one of the most controversial figures in Hungarian literature, has flared up once again. With... 2019.10.24.
Svetlana Alexievich to Visit Budapest International Book Festival as Guest of Honor Svetlana Alexievich, Nobel-laureate Belarusian writer and investigative journalist, will be the guest of honor next year at the 27th International Book... 2019.10.08.
Anna Jókai, Artist Of The Nation, Died At Age 84 Hungarian author Anna Jókai, an Artist of the Nation, has died after a long illness, at the age of 84.... 2017.06.06.
Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk, Visegrad Group To Be Honorary Guests Of Budapest’s 24th International Book Festival Nobel laureate Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk and the Visegrad Four group will be the guests of honour at the 24th... 2017.03.30.
Sándor Csoóri, Renowned Hungarian Poet And Writer, Dies Aged 86 2016 has been a very sad year so far for contemporary Hungarian literature. Following the departures of Imre Kertész and Péter Esterházy, one... 2016.09.12.
Top Hungarian Literary Scholar Mihály Szegedy-Maszák Dies Internationally-known Hungarian literary historian and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Mihály Szegedy-Maszák has died at the age of... 2016.07.26.
World-Famous Hungarian Writer Péter Esterházy Dies Aged 66 Péter Esterházy, one of Hungary’s most widely-known contemporary writers, died on Thursday at the age of 66, the author’s family... 2016.07.15.
Experts: Hungarian Book Market Recovering Well After Years Of Crisis Hungary's book market is not declining anymore but it is not expanding either, hirado.hu has reported quoting book market and publishing... 2016.04.29.
