Hungarian Online Resources

est. 1993 by UMCP Hungarian American Student Association

Books of Interest

Haza a Magasban is a text for Hungarian schools outside of Hungary in two
volumes. It is designed for students ten and older. With many
illustrations it traces Hungarian history, language and literature, and
Hungarians in the diaspora with particular attention to culture. For more
information: bakos.istvan@ntk.hu.

Comparative Central European Culture and Comparative Cultural Studies is
an e-journal and e-series respectively. For more information:
www.thepress.purdue.edu and

Imre Madách: The Tragedy of Man. Translated by Thomas Mark. Budapest:
Fekete Sas, 2001. $24.94 (hard cover); 18.95 (paperback) at
trma@lamar.colostate.edu or TRM Translation, 1309 Parkwood Dr., Fort
Collins, CO 80525. This is a translation that captures the richness of
Madach's language by reference to the language of Milton rather than the
colloquialism of most 20th century translators.

Pet_fi Sándor: John the Valiant. A bilingual edition by John Ridland.,
illustrated by Peter Meller. To order: American Hungarian Foundation, 300
Somerset St., New Brunswick, NJ 08903 at $20.00 plus $3.50 for S&H.

One-Time Dog Market in Buda and Other Hungarian Folktales, translated and
retold by Irma Molnár with drawings by Georgeta-Elena Enesel. At
Shoetring Press: books@shoestringpress.com or www.shoestringpress.com.

Northwestern University Press published two of Imre Kertész' works in
Christopher C. and Katharina M. Wilson's translation: Fateless in 1992 and
Kaddish for a Child not Born in 1997; the paperback ed. in 1999. Maybe
both novels will be reissued now.