215 result(s) for writers
The View From Here: Artists, 4 - 7 June
- 1 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
From Ai Wei Wei to Banksy, we can see art engaging policy and the political sphere. But in an increasingly connected world where cultural production is ever more easily disseminated, how can this engagement be most effective and meaningful?
‘BUK-A-PEST’: Write Like Charles Bukowski Contest, 27 April
- 22 Apr 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
“Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live” – Charles Bukowski. There is nobody like poet Charles Bukowski. Unless there is. The fifth annual Write Like Bukowski contest is scheduled to take place next Wednesday at 7:30pm in the divey confines of Klub Vittula. This will be a live event, where writers are invited to read pre-written work in a showcase format. The ...
Slovakia, Norwegian Author Featured At Budapest Int’l Book Festival
- 21 Apr 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Slovakia and Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder will be the guests of honour at this year’s Budapest International Book Festival held between April 21 and 24, an organiser said. Slovakia will present the Hungarian edition of volumes by 30 Slovak authors released by 18 publishers, the director of the Slovak Literary Information Centre told a press conference.
Video: Hungary Mourns The Loss Of One Its Most Prominent Writers
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- video
Hungary is in mourning after the loss of one of its most prominent writers. Auschwitz survivor Imre Kertesz died at his home in Budapest after a long illness. Imre Kertész has died.
Nobel Laureate Author Imre Kertész Dies At 86
- 1 Apr 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Nobel laureate author Imre Kertész died at age 86 after a long and serious illness, the publisher Magvető said. The novelist, essayist and translator was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming a Nobel laureate in 2002.
Gaarder Coming To Book Festival
- 21 Mar 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Slovakia will be the featured guest country at this year’s Budapest International Book Festival, to be held at the Millenáris Park on April 21-24. The honoured guest writer will be Jostein Gaarder of Norway.
PM Orbán 15 March Address: Migration ‘Invasive’
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister said in his March 15 address that mass migration is presented as a humanitarian issue, but its real nature is “invasive”. Viktor Orbán said discussions on migrant relocation would begin with talks on resettling “a couple of hundred or a thousand” people but this was sure to lead to the resettlement of tens or hundreds of thousands of migrants.
Xpat Opinion: Statue Strife Nr 2: György Donáth
- 1 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Commenting on a foiled initiative to unveil the bust of a pre-war right-wing politician, left-wing commentators accuse the government of indulging in a cult of racist personalities. Their pro-government counterpart denies the allegation that György Donáth was an anti-Semite, while an independent conservative author calls on the opposing sides to show more tolerance towards each other.
Time Stands Still: See 1960s Budapest At Fészek Club
- 19 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- entertainment
One of the frustrating things about Budapest is that you can’t capture all of its major landmarks in one photo, despite many of them being so close together. There’s nowhere you can stand where you can take a photo that includes all four of the most famous bridges, that also includes the Liberty Statue and the Buda Castle plus the Parliament building on the other side of the Danube. Even if ...
The View From Here: Artists, 4 - 7 June
- 1 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
From Ai Wei Wei to Banksy, we can see art engaging policy and the political sphere. But in an increasingly connected world where cultural production is ever more easily disseminated, how can this engagement be most effective and meaningful?
‘BUK-A-PEST’: Write Like Charles Bukowski Contest, 27 April
- 22 Apr 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
“Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live” – Charles Bukowski. There is nobody like poet Charles Bukowski. Unless there is. The fifth annual Write Like Bukowski contest is scheduled to take place next Wednesday at 7:30pm in the divey confines of Klub Vittula. This will be a live event, where writers are invited to read pre-written work in a showcase format. The ...
Slovakia, Norwegian Author Featured At Budapest Int’l Book Festival
- 21 Apr 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Slovakia and Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder will be the guests of honour at this year’s Budapest International Book Festival held between April 21 and 24, an organiser said. Slovakia will present the Hungarian edition of volumes by 30 Slovak authors released by 18 publishers, the director of the Slovak Literary Information Centre told a press conference.
Video: Hungary Mourns The Loss Of One Its Most Prominent Writers
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- video
Hungary is in mourning after the loss of one of its most prominent writers. Auschwitz survivor Imre Kertesz died at his home in Budapest after a long illness. Imre Kertész has died.
Nobel Laureate Author Imre Kertész Dies At 86
- 1 Apr 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Nobel laureate author Imre Kertész died at age 86 after a long and serious illness, the publisher Magvető said. The novelist, essayist and translator was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming a Nobel laureate in 2002.
Gaarder Coming To Book Festival
- 21 Mar 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Slovakia will be the featured guest country at this year’s Budapest International Book Festival, to be held at the Millenáris Park on April 21-24. The honoured guest writer will be Jostein Gaarder of Norway.
PM Orbán 15 March Address: Migration ‘Invasive’
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister said in his March 15 address that mass migration is presented as a humanitarian issue, but its real nature is “invasive”. Viktor Orbán said discussions on migrant relocation would begin with talks on resettling “a couple of hundred or a thousand” people but this was sure to lead to the resettlement of tens or hundreds of thousands of migrants.
Xpat Opinion: Statue Strife Nr 2: György Donáth
- 1 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Commenting on a foiled initiative to unveil the bust of a pre-war right-wing politician, left-wing commentators accuse the government of indulging in a cult of racist personalities. Their pro-government counterpart denies the allegation that György Donáth was an anti-Semite, while an independent conservative author calls on the opposing sides to show more tolerance towards each other.
Time Stands Still: See 1960s Budapest At Fészek Club
- 19 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- entertainment
One of the frustrating things about Budapest is that you can’t capture all of its major landmarks in one photo, despite many of them being so close together. There’s nowhere you can stand where you can take a photo that includes all four of the most famous bridges, that also includes the Liberty Statue and the Buda Castle plus the Parliament building on the other side of the Danube. Even if ...