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There are realms where poetry and song are inextricably intertwined. This joint production by the ensemble known as Kaláka and the actor Zsolt Bogdán pays tribute to the remarkable poetic world of Sándor Kányádi.

An organic juxtaposition of music and literature: the Literarium stage will, this time, feature an encounter between the poetry of Dénes Krusovszky and the unique soundscape of the line-up

Meeting on stage at this instalment of Müpa Budapest’s Literarium series will be two guests of different generations and their different, yet subtly intertwined, creative universes: award-winning writer Zsolt Láng and his daughter – writer, poet and graphic artist Orsolya Láng.

„Elérkezett a vége (…), ahonnét nincsen tovább, vagyis van, de az már csak és kizárólag az úgynevezett szomorúlefelé…”

The release of the volume A bilincs a szabadság legyen (‘Let the Shackles Be the Freedom’), a collection of the correspondence between Miklós Mészöly and Alaine Polcz, generated a significant level of interest in the writers’ private lives and literary work that, it is no exaggeration to say, continues to this day. Apart from the strong emotional bonds shared by several literary couples we could mention, it is perhaps the letters of these two authors that reveals the most thought-provoking ideas.

Attentive readers of Péter Nádas find themselves seeing both the world and themselves differently than they did before – and there is no greater impact any work of art or body of works can achieve.

Eternally youthful even at 80, Géza Bereményi is one of the most colourful personalities on Hungary’s contemporary literary and cultural scene. A first-rate novelist and the director of now-classic films, Bereményi has also, and not least of all, proved to be a unique songwriter and lyricist with an unlimited font of inspiration and a personal stage presence that is an experience in itself.