152 result(s) for literature in Community & Culture
New Hungarian National Museum Director Appointed, New Central Cultural Holding Operation Announced
- 1 Mar 2024 9:01 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Szilárd Demeter, the director of the Petofi Museum of Literature (PIM) has won the bid to serve as next director of the Hungarian National Museum, the minister of culture said.
Marathon Northern Romanticism, Palace of Arts Budapest, 4 February
- 30 Jan 2024 5:29 PM
- community & culture
Every year since 2008, the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Müpa Budapest have put on an all-day marathon production, most of them presenting the very best work of a given composer, with a series of consecutive concerts running from morning until late in the evening in the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall and the Festival Theatre.
Maros Dance Ensemble: 'Yellow Rose', Hungarian Heritage House, 20 January
- 15 Jan 2024 1:51 PM
- community & culture
Yellow Rose is a novel written in 1892 by Mór Jókai, in which the author goes into great detail regarding the nature and customs of the Hortobágy with the meticulousness of an ethnologist. In the dance performance, the choreographer-director Árpád Könczei and the Maros Dance Ensemble worked on the dramatic plot of this puszta-inspired novel.
Guests of Honour Revealed for Budapest's Next International Book Festival
- 12 Jan 2024 8:43 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Icelandic novelist Jón Kalman Stefánsson and France will be the guests of honour at the 29th Budapest International Book Festival to be held from Sept 26 to 29, organisers announced.
Watch: Nobel Prize Presented to Hungary’s Biochemist by Swedish King
- 11 Dec 2023 12:06 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Hungary’s biochemist Katalin Karikó and physicist Ferenc Krausz were presented the Nobel Prize by Swedish King Karl Gustaf XVI, at a ceremony in Stockholm.
Award Winning Hungarian Philosopher Dies Aged 88
- 29 Nov 2023 6:38 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Philosopher Mihály Vajda died on Monday at the age of 88, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday. Vajda was born in 1935 in Budapest and graduated from Eötvös Loránd University in philosophy in 1958 and then in German language and literature two years later.
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 2.
- 27 Nov 2023 12:41 PM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Top 5 Reasons Expats Should Learn Hungarian
- 27 Sep 2023 6:21 PM
- community & culture
Hungarian is a notoriously challenging language for non-native speakers, with complex grammar rules and a vast vocabulary. However, for expats living in Hungary, there are many reasons why it's worth taking the time and effort to learn the language.
Sci-Fi Writer Announced as Guest Of Honour At Budapest International Book Festival
- 21 Sep 2023 5:03 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
The Netherlands and US sci-fi writer John Scalzi will be the guest of honour at this year’s International Book Festival which will also feature a roundtable of EU Literature Prize laureates between Sept 28 and Oct 1, the organisers said.
New Hungarian National Museum Director Appointed, New Central Cultural Holding Operation Announced
- 1 Mar 2024 9:01 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Szilárd Demeter, the director of the Petofi Museum of Literature (PIM) has won the bid to serve as next director of the Hungarian National Museum, the minister of culture said.
Marathon Northern Romanticism, Palace of Arts Budapest, 4 February
- 30 Jan 2024 5:29 PM
- community & culture
Every year since 2008, the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Müpa Budapest have put on an all-day marathon production, most of them presenting the very best work of a given composer, with a series of consecutive concerts running from morning until late in the evening in the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall and the Festival Theatre.
Maros Dance Ensemble: 'Yellow Rose', Hungarian Heritage House, 20 January
- 15 Jan 2024 1:51 PM
- community & culture
Yellow Rose is a novel written in 1892 by Mór Jókai, in which the author goes into great detail regarding the nature and customs of the Hortobágy with the meticulousness of an ethnologist. In the dance performance, the choreographer-director Árpád Könczei and the Maros Dance Ensemble worked on the dramatic plot of this puszta-inspired novel.
Guests of Honour Revealed for Budapest's Next International Book Festival
- 12 Jan 2024 8:43 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Icelandic novelist Jón Kalman Stefánsson and France will be the guests of honour at the 29th Budapest International Book Festival to be held from Sept 26 to 29, organisers announced.
Watch: Nobel Prize Presented to Hungary’s Biochemist by Swedish King
- 11 Dec 2023 12:06 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Hungary’s biochemist Katalin Karikó and physicist Ferenc Krausz were presented the Nobel Prize by Swedish King Karl Gustaf XVI, at a ceremony in Stockholm.
Award Winning Hungarian Philosopher Dies Aged 88
- 29 Nov 2023 6:38 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Philosopher Mihály Vajda died on Monday at the age of 88, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday. Vajda was born in 1935 in Budapest and graduated from Eötvös Loránd University in philosophy in 1958 and then in German language and literature two years later.
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 2.
- 27 Nov 2023 12:41 PM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Top 5 Reasons Expats Should Learn Hungarian
- 27 Sep 2023 6:21 PM
- community & culture
Hungarian is a notoriously challenging language for non-native speakers, with complex grammar rules and a vast vocabulary. However, for expats living in Hungary, there are many reasons why it's worth taking the time and effort to learn the language.
Sci-Fi Writer Announced as Guest Of Honour At Budapest International Book Festival
- 21 Sep 2023 5:03 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
The Netherlands and US sci-fi writer John Scalzi will be the guest of honour at this year’s International Book Festival which will also feature a roundtable of EU Literature Prize laureates between Sept 28 and Oct 1, the organisers said.