Négy / Four, HCC - May 1, 2009

May 1, 2009

FOUR / NÉGY

For much of history, Hungary has been at the crossroads of cultures, languages and ideologies.
Join four young Hungarians - writers, critics, playwrights, historians and translators -
as they read from their works and discuss Hungarian literature and culture post-1989.

Photos: Gabriella Gyorffy

Participants: Eszter Babarczy, Zsófia Bán, János Térey, and László Garaczi

János Térey was born in Debrecen, Hungary in 1970. He is a writer and playwright, and has had three theater premiers in Budapest. Térey has also translated works by Sophocles, Euripides, Calderón, Lope de Vega, Pushkin, and A. Schönberg. His other publications include a book of poetry in German, KaltWasserKult, and a play in French, Hagen ou L'Hymne á la Haine.

Zsófia Bán was born in 1957 in Rio de Janeiro. She is a writer, critic and scholar. Evening School: A Reader for Adults -- short stories, (2007) is her first work of fiction, for which she was awarded the prestigious Attila József Prize. She has been a prolific writer of essays and reviews on literature, art and visual culture. Her essay collections include Test-Packing (2008) and Amerikaner (2000). She teaches at the Department of American Studies at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.

Eszter Babarczy is a new media researcher, cultural historian, and journalist. Her writings have been published in several periodicals, daily papers and Internet publications. She has been working for the interdisciplinary new media research group, MOKK BME since 2002, and led the Virtual Enterprise Project for Magyar Telekom in 2004. Presently she is adjunct professor for media and culture at the Hungarian Academy for Applied Arts and Design (MIE). She is also the founder and manager of several Internet communities.

László Garaczi was born 1956 in Budapest, Hungary. He has earned his B.A. degree in history and literature at Teacher’s Training College of Eger in (1981) and M.A. degree in philosophy at Eötvös Lóránd University of Humanities and Sciences in Budapest (1988). He is a freelance writer and translator since 1982, and writes verses, prose, essays, critiques, plays and screenplays, and translates from English into Hungarian. For his works he has received a number of Hungarian and international awards, fellowships and residences.