2 Named for Memorial Year Celebration: "Hungary is Proud Of All Those Who Have Hungary as Their Homeland..."

  • 2 May 2024 6:21 AM
  • Hungary Matters
2 Named for Memorial Year Celebration: "Hungary is Proud Of All Those Who Have Hungary as Their Homeland..."
Hungary’s parliament has approved the culture and innovation ministry’s (KIM) initiative declaring 2025 a memorial year celebrating 19th century writer and MP Mór Jókai and 20th century lawyer, MP and public education minister, Kunó Klebelsberg, KIM said.

Born 200 years ago, Jokai - pictured above - is one of the most versatile writers in Hungarian literature, “duly regarded as one of the greatest story-telling artists in universal literature,” the ministry said in a statement.

Click here to know more about Mór Jókai

Klebelsberg, who was born 150 years ago, has left behind an oeuvre of “epochal significance”, his legacy as a statesman has had an immeasurable impact on Hungarian public education, science policy and culture, it said.

“Hungary is proud of all those who have Hungary as their homeland, of those who have made an enormous contribution to the thriving of our country and nation through their performance and achievements,” the ministry said.

Click here to know more about Kunó Klebelsberg.
 

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