Mátyás Sárközi | Hungarian Review

EXTRA HUNGARIAM – ON THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE HUNGARIAN EXILES AFTER 1956

Extra Hungariam non est vita, si est vita, non est ita – stated a Hungarian scholar three hundred and fifty years ago in a Latin dissertation. The much-quoted sentence has been interpreted in more than one way. Ardent patriots maintain that outside Hungary there is no life whatsoever, just as there is no life (perhaps) on Mars. Others would translate these words differently: “All right, there is no life outside Hungary, but if there is some kind of life there, it is

2017.08.08.

ON PARADE – A VIGNETTE FROM 1956

We gathered at the side of the parade ground because we wanted a good laugh. The British regiment has a rather peculiar feature. It marches at double speed. The band provides a madly fast beat, and these boys – fine strapping lads – march to it as if they were

2017.01.03.

ZOLTÁN SZABÓ: AN OUTPOST IN THE WEST

When ten thousand Hungarian refugees first set foot on British shores after the crushing of the 1956 Revolution they found out to their great disappointment that an important factor was missing from urban life in this otherwise hospitable country. There were plenty of pubs and tea rooms but no espresso

2012.12.09.

FROM ZUGLIGET TO LONDON

Zugliget presents a rather curious geographic formation on the edge of Budapest. With its hillocks and dales it shares a certain similarity with the Austrian Tyrol. Half-way up the hill stood my mother’s little cottage, where I lived from the age of twelve, when we lost our villa due to

2011.11.06.