Homage to Imre Kertész
Historian Mária Schmidt praises Nobel Prize winning writer Imre Kertész for his staunch opposition to all forms of dictatorship. She wonders why Kertész’s “needle-sharp” analyses on Hungary’s recent...
View ArticleFight for Imre Kertész
Left-wing columnists complain that the government is trying to lure the Nobel Prizewinning author into its own camp, although his place should be in the ranks of the opposition. Their pro-government...
View ArticleEsterházy dies at 66
Commentators across the political spectrum mourn Péter Esterházy as a great writer whose death is a huge loss for Hungary. Esterházy died of pancreatic cancer on Thursday. He was a moderate liberal...
View ArticleWeeklies on the new national curriculum
The debate over the new national curriculum continues in the weeklies. Left-wing and liberal commentators pour scorn on the government and accuse it of brainwashing kids. Pro-government and...
View ArticleCulture war over a 150-year-old novel
A poet has stirred sharp controversy with her remark that a literary classic should be removed from the list of mandatory reading in Hungarian schools because it assigns a subordinate role to women. In...
View ArticleLibri taken over by MCC
As government-funded MCC becomes the almost exclusive owner of Hungary’s largest bookseller and publishing company, a pro-government pundit ridicules liberal protests against the takeover. Matthias...
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