Új Látóhatár, 1982 (33. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)

1982 / 1. szám

ÚJ LÁTÓHATÁR Literary and Political Review in Hungarian Editors: Gyula Borbándi, Josef Molnár and Zoltán Sztáray SUMMARY Sándor Veress, the prominent Hungarian composer living in Berne, celebrated his 75th birthday on February 1. On this occasion Gyula Bor­bándi salutes the artist recalling the most important periods of his life and appraising his work, especially his engagement for intellectual freedom. Gyula Michnay (Zwingenberg, Germany), a former prisoner of the noto­rious forced labour camp in Recsk (Northern Hungary), recounts how he succeeded to escape from camp and how he reached Austria. László Gábor Hajnal (Rüsselsheim), a young sociographer, who left Hungary in the summer of 1981, reviews, drawing on original sources, the second phase of the collectivisation of the Hungarian agriculture in the late fifties. Kristóf Ervin Kállay (Rio de Janeiro) writes about the increase of terroristic acts and the change in public attitudes in this context. Pál Harmat (Mauer, Austria) examines the relationship between psycho­analysis and Marxism in Hungary. A new poem by Lajos Major-Zala (Fribourg) is dedicated to the humili­ated Polish people. Üj Látóhatár also includes new poems by László Baránszky (New York), József Harczy (Paris), Elemér Horváth (Mahopac, N.Y.), István Készéi (Overijse, Belgium) and Csaba Mánfai (Bensberg, Germany) In the „Observer" column Áron Kibédi Varga (Amsterdam) commem­orates poet János Pilinszky who died last year. Győző Határ (London) examines two anthologies of Hungarian poetry, one published in Buda­pest, the other one in Switzerland. István J. Román (Munich) comments on the most important works by László Szabédi, a Transylvanian writer and professor, who committed suicide in 1959. On the occasion of the publication of the first volume of István Bibo's selected works, István Kemény (Paris) reflects on his socio-political views. Dezső Monoszlóy (Vienna) deals with a collection of short stories by József Gáli. Tibor Hanák (Vienna) examines Győző Határ's new book dealing with philosophical questions. Tibor Dénes (Geneva) reviews a monography of Ferenc Molnár by Klára Györgyey published in English. László Vatai (Toronto) analyzes the latest work of philosopher Sándor Kibédi Varga living in Munich. Zoltán Sztáray (San Bernardino, CA) reviews a book by Mihály Ferdinandy dealing with the history of his own family. László Juhász (Munich) introduces the facsimile edition of the first Hung­arian translation of the Bible. Zoltán Rónai (Madrid) discusses Ottmár Hegyi's study on „morisco" stories published in Spain. Géza Perneczky (Cologne) reports on the exihibition „Westkunst" which was shown in Cologne last summer. Finally, in the „Correspondence" column readers will find two letters dealing with János Arany's „Toldi" and with a book written on the 1956 Hungarian revolution.

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