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tag(s): literature, period: 2010-12-03 - 2024-11-25

augusztus 31, 2022 at 2:51 PM CEST

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Ukrainian artists showcased in latest edition of Budapest cultural magazine Panel

Copies of Panel 9, the Budapest-based, English-language literary and arts magazine, are now available at Massolit and all good bookstores across the city.

August 3, 2022 at 9:51 AM CEST

Budapest

Jókai tér newly named and revamped with a literary theme

Relax and read on the newly revamped square of A magyar irodalom tere, inspired by Hungarian literature and still towered over by a statue of novelist Mór Jókai whose name still echoes here.

May 18, 2022 at 10:37 AM CEST

Sights & culture

10 best memorial museums in Budapest

Stroll around Bartók's garden, see the desk-drawer piano Franz Liszt composed on and admire the dramatic figures of sculptor Imre Varga at the memorial museums where these great Hungarians lived.

April 27, 2022 at 9:45 AM CEST

Sights & culture

Cartoon characters Süsü and Pom Pom join revered children’s storywriter at his graveside

Joining their creator, writer István Csukás, at his graveside, revered cartoon characters Süsü the dragon and Pom Pom now embellish Farkasréti cemetery.

March 15, 2022 at 10:32 AM CET

Budapest

The widow of the nation – Mrs Sándor Petőfi, the wife and muse who inspired Hungary’s hero of 1848

The woman behind the legend, Sándor Petőfi's wife, Júlia Szendrey, was as revolutionary as her husband, independent, talented and a published author in her own right. Yet her story is barely told...

January 17, 2022 at 10:57 AM CET

Sights & culture

Film, fashion and football – life in Budapest 100 years ago

Trauma, chaos and demonstrations typified life in Budapest a century ago – along with new developments in literature and fashion amid a raging pandemic.

October 6, 2021 at 10:04 AM CEST

Active

Night of Cafés combines Budapest’s literary heritage with contemporary coffee culture

On 9 and 10 October, the Night of Cafés will bring back memories of iconic Budapest coffeehouses, showcasing culture in various forms and specialty coffee at elegant and contemporary cafés.

October 6, 2021 at 9:06 AM CEST

Budapest

Buda street now partly renamed after famed modern novelist Magda Szabó

Best known in the English-speaking world for her novel The Door, award-winning novelist Magda Szabó has been honoured in Budapest with a section of street named after her.

September 28, 2021 at 4:02 PM CEST

Culture

Budapest music legend Bruce Lewis pens debut novel about the city’s crazy decade

Budapest post-'89 is the setting for a jazzy first novel by Bruce Lewis, a Kentucky guitarist once of this parish. Joshua Fragmented depicts a city in transition – and those drawn to its allure.

April 14, 2021 at 1:59 PM CEST

Sights & culture

Hungarian writer Péter Esterházy celebrated with special displays around Óbuda

Happy birthday, Péter Esterházy! The renowned Hungarian writer is being celebrated with special displays around the area where he's always lived, Óbuda.

April 14, 2021 at 10:05 AM CEST

Sights & culture

Magda Szabó’s Budapest

Discover the world of Magda Szabó, one of Hungary’s greatest modern writers, who included many Budapest locations in her novels – and some we can only guess at.

April 13, 2021 at 10:42 AM CEST

Sights & culture

Fence at Budapest children’s hospital turned into an art installation of best-loved books

From ruin bars to kids' books – Bertalan Babos, aka Zsili, designs a unique fence in front of the Bethesda Children’s Hospital by City Park, underlining the healing power of stories when most needed.
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