On tradition and humour – a fragment (a conversation by Erika Csontos) Cover Image

Hagyományról és humorról - töredék (Csontos Erika beszélgetése)
On tradition and humour – a fragment (a conversation by Erika Csontos)

Author(s): Péter Balassa
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Jelenkor Alapítvány
Keywords: Balassa Péter; last interview; Hungarian critic and essayist; contemporary hungarian novel

Summary/Abstract: “ Hungarian culture had a very hard time to resign to the fact that it has to take into consideration its being small – and I think it very important.” Péter Balassa, one of the most influential Hungarian critics and essayists deceased in June 2003. The December number of Jelenkor in 2003 dedicated a compilation to his memory, in which the present interview, given on the last day of his life, was presented.

  • Issue Year: 2003
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 1170-1174
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Hungarian
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