Új Látóhatár, 1960 (3. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)
1960 / 1. szám
ÛJ LÁTÓHATÁR Literary and Political Review Editor-in-Chief: Gyula Borbándi • January-February 1960 • Publisher: József Molnár In the present issue of „Üj Látóhatár" TIBOR HANÁK, a young Hungarian philosopher, summarizes the Hungarian philosophical literature after World War II. In his study he gives a detailed account of how the Communist Party ousted the various philosophical trends and how it set up the monopoly of Marxist-Leninist theory in philosophical literature. In the final part of his study the author deals with to campaign against revisionism and György Lukács, the well-known Marxist philosopher. In the concluding portion of his Asian traval diary IMRE KOVÁCS describes his impressions of Hong-Kong, Thailand and Lebanon. The section dealing with the Peiping mission of Camile Abboussouan, a Lebanese writer and with his conversations with official Chinese personalities on the case of Hungarian writers is of particular interest. GYÖRGYI BÁN, a young Hungarian poetess, draws a portrait of Martin Buber, the famous Jewish philosopher and writer and reviews the socalled Chassidist trend of the Jewish literature and spiritual life. In this connection our review publishes two works by MARTIN BUBER, translated by Györgyi Bán from Yiddish and German into Hungarian. The titles of the two works are: „Saying of the Rabbi Nachman" and „The Wanderings in Heaven of Baalschen Tow". LÁSZLÖ CS. SZABÓ introduces two outstanding modern Greek poets (Konstantinos Kavafis and Giorgos Seferis) with a poem by each. Further „Új Látóhatár" publishes two short stories, „Space" by TAMÁS KISDY and „The World of Comrade Szegi" by GYULA KLAMÁR. The present number also contains two poems by GYŐZŐ HATÁR, a wellknown poet living in London, two poems by GYÖRGY GÖMÖRI and one poem by ALAJOS KANNÁS. In the „Observer" column ÁRON KIBÉDI VARGA gives a survey of French literature in 1959 and thoroughly analyses the outstanding prose, dramatic and poetic works. LÁSZLÓ MÁRTON review the first publication of the Hungarian Book Guild, entitled „Nine Poets". The book is an anthology of the best works of nine young Hungarian poets living in the West. Edited by Zoltán Szabó the volume appeared before Christmas. GYÖRGY MOLNÁR, a Hungarian writer and journalist living in Vienna, recalls the memory of Károly Pap, the outstanding writer, who died during the war in Buchenwald concentration-camp. IMRE KOVÁCS criticizes „The Brain-Washing Machine", a book by Lajos Ruff, published in London. PÁL ALBERT writes about a new Italian best-seller, the novel by Tomasi di Lampedusa, entitled „II Gattopardo". GYÖRGY SZABÓ, a young Hungarian researcher living in America, reports on a „Corvina" in private possession in the USA. GYULA BORBÁNDI calls the attention of our readers to an outstanding member of the generation of young Hungarian prose writers, Ferenc Sánta, and reviews the collection of his short stories published in Budapest. Finally our two last articles refer to current international problems. The first deals with „Peace and Freedom", a lecture given by Salvador de Madariaga, the second with „Disengagement", a book by Eugene Hinterhoff published in London. The former article is written by ISTVÁN BORSODY and the latter by General BÉLA KIRÁLY. During the 1956 revolution Béla Király was the commander-in-chief of the Budapest National Guard. At present he is the chairman of the Hungarian Freedom Fighters' Association.