''Élet és Irodalom'' (, also known as ''ÉS''; meaning ''Life and Literature'' in English) is a weekly Hungarian magazine about literature and politics.

History and profile

''Élet és Irodalom'' was first published as a literary magazine on 15 March 1957. In the 1960s its content expanded to include issues of public life in addition to literature. The magazine is published on Fridays and is based in

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. It is regarded as, "the premier weekly of the Hungarian liberal literati." ''Élet és Irodalom'' was one of the independent publications in Hungary in the late 1990s. The magazine is considered a

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ist and politically left liberal periodical, politically close to the left-wing parties such as

Hungarian Socialist Party The Hungarian Socialist Party (, ), commonly known by its acronym MSZP (), is a centre-left to left-wing social-democratic and pro-European political party in Hungary. It was founded on 7 October 1989 as a post-communist evolution and one of t ...

and

Alliance of Free Democrats The Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party (, , SZDSZ ) was a liberal political party in Hungary. The SZDSZ was a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party and of Liberal International. It drew its su ...

. The magazine offers investigative reports about the scandals occurred in the country. In the 1980s, the circulation of ''Élet és Irodalom'' was nearly 120,000 copies. It was 27,000 copies in 2007.

References

External links

''Élet és Irodalom'' website
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