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Gábor Csordás
is a Hungarian poet, essayist, translator and publisher. In 1989 he founded the publishing house Jelenkor and he is the editor-in-chief of the journal with the same name. He is also the publisher of the Budapest-based cultural magazine Magyar Lettre Internationale.
Csordás received Special Recognition of the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding at the Leipzig Bookfair in 2004. He is also the translator of Montaigne into Hungarian.Eurozine Articles
Literary perspectives: Hungary
Mastering history through narrative?
In the first essay in the Eurozine "Literary perspectives" series, Gábor Csordás reads the newest Hungarian novels. All share a concern with narrative, holding out to the reader the hope of mastering history. [Lithuanian version added] [more]
Does a civil-war mentality exist in Hungary?
A roundtable interview
As Hungary sees another wave of rioting take place on the anniversary of the '56 revolution, talk of a "civil-war mentality" in the Hungarian public sphere seems once again to be justified. Eurozine asks journalists, authors, and publishers how it has come to this. [more]
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Corporeal writing in Péter Nádas's "Parallel Stories"
Parallel Stories, the new novel by Péter Nádas, interweaves four sets of narratives driven by the twin motors of politics and eroticism. But Parallel Stories is more than the sum of its plot lines. [more]
