Kriszta Csák-Nagy “Now, Andrea, you won’t have any more children, will you?" - Risk, Adventure and Challenge with 11 kids With ten siblings, you have to fight for attention as well as a good seat in the minibus. But you're never bored, and there's...
Lilla Zeke "The Hungarian scientist who received the Nobel Prize" – Ferenc Krausz in service of humanity "From the podium, it's hard to tell who will win a Nobel Prize, but you can see who is ambitious. Ferenc Krausz was one...
Andrea Csongor “How come we haven't noticed this before?” – was asked from Katalin Karikó, who in turn discovered it and received the Nobel Prize The question was asked at a party by a scientist who had earlier repeatedly criticized Katalin Karikó , the Hungarian biochemist who has just...
Henrietta Vadas “As a maid, I knew every nook and cranny of the Habsburg castle in Alcsút” – the story of 98-year-old Sári néni Sára Komárominé Vojna, or Sári néni , was born on 1 November 1925 in Alcsút, where she grew up as the fourth child in...
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...