Hungarian literature

hlo.hu » Viktor Horváth: My Tank (An Excerpt). October saw the publication in Hungarian of Viktor Horváth's new novel, My Tank, set in 1968. We are pleased to be able to bring you an extract from it, translated by Peter Sherwood. Horváth was the 2012 winner of the European Union Prize for Literature for his novel Turkish Mirror. Hlo.hu

Why is New York's literary crowd suddenly in thrall to Hungarian ... » Jul 13, 2012 ...The other day I attended a reading by the Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai. The venue was Housing Works, a charity bookstore in New York's SoHo. The 58-year-old author is, it's fair to say, relatively unknown in the English- speaking world. His first novel, Sátántangó (the third of his works to be... Theguardian.com

10 classic Hungarian fiction books available in English versions ... » Dec 22, 2015 ...There's more to life than books you know, but not much more,” sang Morrissey, and we have to agree with that sentiment, which inspired our staff to sit down and discuss ten of our essential reads from the golden age of Hungarian literature. These classic novels and short-fiction collections are all available... Welovebudapest.com

Hungarian literature | Britannica.com » Hungarian literature: The body of written works produced in the Hungarian language. No written evidence remains of the earliest Hungarian literature, but through Hungarian folktales and folk songs elements... Britannica.com

The Outsider Within: 10 Great Hungarian Writers » Oct 25, 2016 ...Hungary's linguistic uniqueness and cultural distinctiveness have given its literary output an inimitable quality, which can be traced through the work of the country's greatest writers. This literary tradition has recently gained internationally acclaim, with high profile releases from the likes of Péter Nádas,... Theculturetrip.com

YIVO | Hungarian Literature » Magyar was not the first modern literary language of Hungarian Jews; few were conversant in that language before the mid-nineteenth century. Jews in Hungary had undergone an earlier stage of linguistic assimilation toward the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth centuries, shifting from Yiddish to ... Yivoencyclopedia.org

Hungarian literature | Infoplease » Hungarian literature. Until the 19th cent. Latin was Hungary's literary language. The Funeral Oration (c.1230) is the oldest surviving work in Magyar some 14th and 15th cent. chronicles also exist. The Reformation prompted various translations of the Bible. The poets Bálint Balassa (late 16th cent.) and Miklós Zrinyi and... Infoplease.com

IWW Hungarian Literature Fund: iwwhlf » The IWW Hungarian Literature Fund is commemorating the occasion by publishing a graphic history of his life by veteran comic artist Tom Keough, followed by a modest selection of Connolly's writings and an afterword by labor historian (and editor of the graphic history The Wobblies) Paul Buhle. Ordering information and... Iwwhlf.org

20th Century Hungarian Literature (131 books) » 131 books based on 148 votes: Embers by Sándor Márai, Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb, Fatelessness by Imre Kertész, The Door by Magda Szabó, The Pau... Goodreads.com

LÓRÁNT CZIGÁNY: A HISTORY OF HUNGARIAN LITERATURE » 'Oh beata Ungheria se non si lascia. Più malmenare!' Dante: Paradiso XIX: 142-3 . This is the first full-length history of Hungarian literature to be written in English since before the First World War. Six years in preparation, it is the work of one of the few authorities living outside Hungary. It explores the rich variety of... Mek.niif.hu