Fourteen receive ministry grants

Fourteen Hungarian writers, poets and critics who live abroad have received grants from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage (NKÖM) in a competition that attracted 135 candidates altogether. The winners will receive a monthly sum of HUF 60,000 for a year.

Shooting ends, Fateless awaits its fate

Despite threatening financial problems, director Lajos Koltai has finished shooting the movie Fateless (Sorstalanság), a HUF 2.5 billion feature based on a novel by Nobel-prize laureate Imre Kertész.

Picasso in Budapest

A selection of Picasso's book illustrations will be displayed at an exhibition in Budapest opening on the 2nd July at Mucsarnok art hall.

Night of Museums in Budapest

A total of 29 museums and public collections will be open from 6 pm on Saturday to early morning Sunday in Budapest. This will be the third annual Night of Museums, held on the Saturday closest to Midsummer Night. Public collections outside Budapest are expected to join the event next year.

Hungarian festival in Baden-Baden

Hungary is being introduced as the special guest country at this year's festival in Baden-Baden between the 18th and 27th of June. The event includes book displays, concerts, a talk-show and wine-tasting, as well as a competition for shops displaying Hungarian goods in their windows.

Brücke Berlin Prize to Darvasi and his translator

László Darvasi and his translator Heinrich Eisterer were presented with this year's Brücke Berlin Prize for the novel The Legend of the Tear Showmen last Friday in the Altes Museum in Berlin.

Hungarian poets in Dublin

Poets from six central European countries were invited to take part in one of the opening events of the Dublin Writers Festival which takes place from June 17-20.

Péter Esterházy awarded German Book Trade Peace Prize

Hungarian writer Péter Esterházy has been selected as this year's winner of the Peace Prize of the Association of German Publishers and Booksellers.

Three Hungarian novels on UNESCO translation list

Three Hungarian novels have been selected by UNESCO to be recommended on the organization's website to publishers and potential sponsors for translation: Aranysárkány (Golden Dragon) by Dezso Kosztolányi , Hollóido (Time of the Crow) by István Szilágyi and Napraforgó (Sunflower) by Gyula Krúdy.