Krisztián Szabó Sándor Lezsák: “We didn’t listen to the news, rather the NEWS happened in the garden of our home” Anyone who has followed public affairs in Hungary over the past more than 30 years will certainly be familiar with the name and the...
Melinda Hekler Eszter Horváth, first prize winner at World Press Photo - “An expedition to the North Pole is also a quarantine situation” Never before has a Hungarian woman won at a World Press Photo competition. Eszter Horváth took the photo immortalizing a curious polar bear in...
Melinda Hekler Bea Kovács, from master beautician to prize-winning photo reporter Bea Kovács’s life is worthy of a film: at the age of 40, the thriving, acclaimed beautician decided to study photography, and seriously, too...
Melinda Hekler Marina Gera: “I wanted to be a film actress since I was two years old” It was a miracle that two months ago Hungary had its first ever Emmy nomination. But only the most daring would have dreamt that...
Zsuzsa Máthé Operas and operations: the adventurous life of the Marton couple Éva Marton is the greatest Hungarian soprano of the 20th century. However, her unique career has been a duet; beside her vocal-stage qualities, her...
Ildikó Antal-Ferencz Gergely Kiss: “It never once crossed my mind that things could be better with another woman” They met each other when they were 19, quite by chance, although both played water polo. Ancsa studied at college in Eger and she...
Lívia Kölnei Conservative feminism during the Horthy era brought significant advancements in women’s emancipation Barbara Papp is a remarkable historian: she toppled a taboo of several decades by coming not to an ideological nor biased, but rather a...
Zoltán Boldog Will we forget Faludy, the poet, who makes fun of us even after death? A curious legacy turned up in the literature department of Szeged’s faculty of humanities: a dedication by poet György Faludy, who died in 2006...