Új Látóhatár, 1970 (13/21. évfolyam, 1-6. szám)
1970 / 1. szám
ÚJ LÁTÓHATÁR Literary and Political Review Editors: Gyula Borbándi, József Molnár SUMMARY In 1970 Hungarians commemorate King St. Stephen (970?—1038). Stephen, first king of the Árpád Dynasty, called the „Apostle of Hungary", christianized his country, and was canonised in 1087. He succeeded his father, Géza to the ducal throne in 997, and was crowned first King of Hungary in 1001. László Cs. Szabó (London) wrote on the St. Stephen Milleneum a detailed historical essay on Pope Sylvester and his Hungarian connections. Sylvester II (940?—1003) pope from 999 until his death, was born Gerbert, in or near Aurillac, Auvergne, France. His pontificate was marked by his zeal for clerical reform. He created the Archbishopric of Prague and recognized Stephen I. as king of Hungary. He collected the works of many Latin authors, as well as globes, abacuses, and musical instruments. His reputation for learning was such, that many of his time regarded him as sorcerer. Hence the title of our contributors study: „The Sorcerer Pope". Twenty-five years ago, in 1945 January, the well-known poet, novelist and editor György Sárközi became the victim of Nazi persecution. On the anniversary, his friend Zoltán Szabó (London) wrote a memorial essay about the poet and his wife, Márta Sárközi, also a writer and editor. Their son Mátyás Sárközi (London) publishes a selection from the last letters of his executed father. The reader finds a third memorial essay in our present issue as well: Margit Mikes (New York) wrote down her personal memories of her brother-in-law, Lőrinc Szabó (1900—1957) one of the leading poets of his generation. We print in our present issue new poems by János Dobi (Zürich), Eszter Forrai (Paris), Tibor Flórián (New York), Ádám Makkai (Chicago), György Sárközi, István Siklós (London), József Szamosi (Munich), Attila Szilágyi (Munich), Tamás Tűz (Rome) and György Vitéz (Montreal). The poem „Pastoral Suit" by the Swedish poet Erik Lindegren has been translated by Géza Thinsz (Stockholm). The short-story „Antonio" by Elemér Illyés tells the story of a young Spanish „Gastarbeiter" in West-Germany. In the „Observer" section Bálint Balia (West-Berlin) contributes a sociological study of a satirical „column" published regurarly in a Hungarian newspaper. Vince Sulyok (Oslo) reviews the Danish translation of a selection of poems by Attila József. Csaba Skultéty (Munich) writes on a volume by Miklós Molnár (Geneva). Molnár's work is a study of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Pál Albert (Paris) deals with a volume of poems by István Siklós (London). Rezső Peéry (Stuttgart) contributed a valuable review: on the recently published „Journal" by the well-known novelist Sándor Márai, who lives in Italy. Endre Zsigmond (Munich) reviews a book about Géza Csáth recently published in Jugoslavia. Finally Gyula Borbándi reviews Prof. Károly Kerényi's „Tage- und Wanderbücher" published in Germany and Péter Gosztonyi's historical work on the end of the World War II in the Danube Valley.