BERNARD ADAMS, literary translator, was born in 1937 in the Black Country of the English West Midlands. Educated at King Edward’s School, Birmingham, he did his national service in the regimental band of the Royal Scots Greys, then read Hungarian and Russian at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was awarded an
After thorough consideration of the Latin dictum ‘books have their own destiny’ (habent sua fata libelli), I concluded, somewhat ironically, that it is not only true of books, but of book reviews, too. 1This text is the edited version of the presentation delivered at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on
Apparent coincidences form vital wholes gaping in the net ofphysical causality, through which deus ex machina manifestshis volition; they are tears in the fabric of reality through whichDestiny and Fate seep through. Arthur Koestler Who is this? It is a man in a suit with wavy hair, standing in front
If the literary translator’s fundamental motive is the desire to share with others his delight in the strangeness of alien things, the re-translator’s purpose is more complex. He (allowing the masculine to do duty for both genders!) shares the first translator’s enthusiasm, but more is clearly needed. He may be
Tamás Krump, a Hungarian Christian, Founds a Schoolin the Most Populous Muslim Country in the World In 2001, I sojourned at a parish home led by the Jesuit Father István Jaschkó in Taiwan. I strolled through the rooms of the institution, noting the tender care lavished on every aspect of
Part I ‘The most important problems of refugees arise fromthe question whether they can be differentiatedfrom other migrant groups. ’ Although the
Fulbright, Arkansas, and the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Fulbright Program, 1946–2021 Part I The commemoration of a program that is as well established and well-known as the Fulbright Program is problematic even under the best circumstances. The post-Second-World-War origins of the Fulbright Program are distant; its history and architecture are
The story of resistance in Burgenland to the territorial order imposed on Hungary in the wake of the First World War is one of obscurity and conjecture. The chronology of events in Western Hungary from 1920–1921 tells a tale of disparate patriotism and nationalism mired by acts of desperate violence
The Promise of Spiritual Renewal in the ‘Heart of Europe’ Between 5 and 12 September 2021, Budapest hosted the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress of the Catholic Church, a religious event held in an atmosphere of surprising freedom and enthusiasm between successive waves of the coronavirus pandemic. The congress simultaneously highlighted
A Nuanced Perspective In parts of the international press, there seems to be a widespread view that free media in Hungary under Viktor Orbán has been greatly reduced, and that the remnants are under immense political pressure. The truth is more complicated when we take in a full view of
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