Kányádi Sándor, the great Hungarian contemporary poet, passed away last June.  He was also a translator and a major contributor to children’s literature. Many of his poems have been set to music.  

Here we present a reminiscence by actor Szíki Károly, and an English introduction to the poet's life and work by István Arató. 

Aerial view of Várpark

On the southern  shore of Velencei tó – the third largest lake in Hungary, located between Budapest and Székesfehérvár – lies a village called Gárdony-Dinnyés. (The second largest lake is Fertő tó in western Hungary.) Recently, Dinnyés has become known for an unusual tourist attraction: a ”castle or fortress park”, which this past January made the Guinness Book of Records for having the largest display of castle replicas.

Bust of Erkel Ferenc

On November 3^rd, 2018, the Hungarian State Opera presents Erkel Ferenc: Bánk Bán at Lincoln Center’s David A. Koch Theater in New York City.

At a church function, one of the ladies had with her an old ”Hungarian and American Cook Book”, compiled and published in 1955 by the Ladies’ Guild of the Holy Trinity Greek Catholic Church of Bridgeport, CT. Besides it being an unusual dessert, it offers a  little nostalgic look into the past. 

Rarely do we see business and creative art successfully coupled in the same person. Does it sound presumptuous to say: it takes a Hungarian?