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Call for Submissions: TLRC Poetry Marathon
PEN International’s Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee (TLRC) is thrilled to announce the 5th Indigenous and Minoritised Languages Video Poems Marathon, running online from 21 February 2025 (International Mother Language Day) to 21 March 2025 (World Poetry Day).
Interview with Imre József Balázs, editor of Géza Szőcs: Collected Poems
“This volume is too early, this career had to end too suddenly and unexpectedly” – says Imre József Balázs, editor of the volume Géza Szőcs: Collected Poems, which has just been published.
The renaissance of an important book
“I’m in it from top to bottom,” said Mária Tóth on Wednesday (27 September 2023) evening at the Present House, as part of the Arad Hungarian Days and under the auspices of the Hungarian PEN Club, in connection with her book The Death of a Courier, published in 1979 and now republished.
Flow Architecture – Folk Architecture
Csikszentmihályi is credited with the theory of flow in psychology, which is a mental state that occurs during concentrated activity. His related books have reached millions. In 2018, Hungarian poet and writer Géza Szőcs met him in Budapest and during their conversation they agreed to extend the psychological theory of flow to architecture. The idea of a “follow architecture” project was born, but unfortunately both died before intensive collaboration could begin.
Call for applications for literary translators
The Visegrad Literature Residency Programme welcomes all applicants! Within the framework of the competition, the programme offers the opportunity for a smooth creative process supported by a grant. The deadline for the call for proposals is 15 October.
Pál Sohár received the Honorary Diploma of the Hungarian PEN Club
Pál Sohár received the Honorary Diploma of the Hungarian PEN Club 87. on the occasion of his birthday.