From a Hungarian point of view. Olga Tokarczuk. Interview with Lajos Pálfalvi by Sandra Trela Cover Image

Z węgierskiej perspektywy. Olga Tokarczuk. Z Lajosem Pálfalvim rozmawia Sandra Trela
From a Hungarian point of view. Olga Tokarczuk. Interview with Lajos Pálfalvi by Sandra Trela

Author(s): Lajos Pálfalvi, Sandra Trela
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: literary life; translation studies

Summary/Abstract: In the interview, Professor Lajos Pálfalvi, an outstanding translator of Polish literature into Hungarian and the head of the Department of Polish Studies at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest, presents the story of his contacts with Olga Tokarczuk, starting from the 1990s when he met her personally as a promising novice. He gladly shares his vivid recollections and anecdotes related not only to the Polish Nobel Prize winner, but also to Hungarian and Polish literary life in the recent decades. He also talks about translation methodology and shares observations on the interpretation of Tokarczuk’s work.

  • Issue Year: 25/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 209-214
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish
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