Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2024 All Rights Reserved

Day of Hungarian Poetry in Sofia – tribute to László Nagy, translator of Bulgarian folk poetry

Photo: mma.hu

The Day of Hungarian Poetry has been celebrated in Hungary since 1964 on the birthday of prominent poet Attila József (1905-1937). Every year on April 11literary readings and book presentations take place in Hungary. This year Bulgaria joins the initiative with online reading of László Nagy’s poem “Who Will Carry Over Love?” László Nagy (1925-1978) was a poet, translator, graphic artist and winner of the Kossuth Prize, as well as winner of the Botev International Prize (1976).

Nagy is an honorary citizen of Smolyan (1976) and holder of the Order of Cyril and Methodius
. Nagy translated over 10,000 verses from Bulgarian folk poetry and from Bulgarian poets. He is the author of 24 books. Four collections of poems have been published in Bulgarian. In 2019 in the László Nagy house-museum in Smolyan a permanent exhibition renewed with the joint efforts of Bulgaria and Hungary was officially opened.

Compiled by: Gergana Mancheva

English: Alexander Markov



Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

May 24 will be Bulgaria Day in the Canadian province of British Columbia

Bulgaria will have a special day in British Columbia and in the city of Vancouver. May 24 will be declared Bulgaria Day.  This was announced by Velislava Panova, Consul General of Bulgaria in Toronto .  Velislava Panova pointed out that the..

published on 4/17/24 9:41 AM
Nayden Todorov

Caretaker Minister of Culture vows to protect the system from turmoil

''The government's term of office is short. It would be very difficult for someone who is completely unprepared'', caretaker Minister of Culture Nayen Todorov said in response to a question why he had accepted this position for the second time...

published on 4/15/24 10:50 AM

The green way of culture

Well over 30 artists and performing arts and climate experts from several countries in Central and South-Eastern Europe - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, North Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro - have arrived in Sofia to take..

published on 4/11/24 4:50 PM