Day of Hungarian Poetry, Palace of Arts Budapest, 11 April
- 9 Apr 2025 7:01 AM
Attila József’s birthday, 11 April, was named the Day of Hungarian Poetry in 1964. Over the decades, many efforts have been made to turn this day into an impressive event with a variety of messages for the ones between 14-18 years old.
Today, perhaps the ‘unassuming’ goal worth setting is to make poetry a part of not only a red-letter day, but of every day of our lives, to make reading poetry a self-evident, natural activity, a talking point that sparks debates invigorating the soul, whether it is the poetry of our time or the classics.
The festival considers it especially important to reach out to the future readers, the secondary school students who are just dipping their toes in poetry, for which we enlist the help of such big names as Márton Simon, Zoltán Beck, Judit Ágnes Kiss and Miklós H. Vecsei.
Festival Theatre
9 – 9.45 am MIHÁLY, or, the Ghosts of a City – A music introduction to the Csokonai universe
Featuring: Mihály Balázsovics (MC Tink) – prose, Gábor Subicz – trumpet, Zsolt Prieger – electronic instruments
11 – 11.45 am Sándor Petőfi and the contemporary poetry
Featuring: Szűcsinger (Krisztián Szűcs & Balázs Szálinger)
2–2.45 pm Poetry of Attila József
Performed by: Miklós H. Vecsei
Featuring: Huba Ratkóczi – guitar
Glass Hall
10–10.45 am Are Lyrics Poetry? – A chat with Zoltán Beck (30Y)
12–12.45 pm Required Reading – A chat with János Háy
1–1.45 pm Rhyme Compulsion – A chat with 6363 and Sisi
Blue Hall
10–10.45 am Tímea Turi and Anna Ott
12–12.45 pm Márton Simon and Anna Ott
1–1.45 pm Judit Ágnes Kiss and István Vörös
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