Magvető is a Hungarian book publishing company based in

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. It primarily publishes domestic and international works of literary fiction.

History

Magvető was established in 1955 as a publisher of the Magyar Írók Szövetsége (now the

Hungarian Writers' Association The Hungarian Writers Union (also known as The Free Union of Hungarian Writers) was founded in 1945 at the end of World War II. Initially the union was intended to be an organizational body through which the interests of writers in Hungary could be ...

). Its main task was to publish contemporary Hungarian fiction and classical Hungarian literature. However, it also published

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works since it was founded. Upon its founding, a special competitive situation was created within the framework of the state socialist system between Magvető and the similar publisher Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó. It soon became apparent that works which differed from the mainstream of literary policy, which provoked political or aesthetic debates, were more likely to be published by Magvető. Such works included Endre Fejes's '' Rozsdatemető'',

Géza Ottlik Géza Ottlik (9 May 1912 – 9 October 1990) was a Hungary, Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and contract bridge, bridge theorist. According to an American obituary bridge column, he was known in Hungary as "the ultimate authority ...

's '' Hajnali háztetők'' and

Ferenc Sánta Ferenc Sánta (September 4, 1927 – June 6, 2008) was a Hungarian novelist and film screenwriter. He was awarded the ''József Attila Prize'' in 1956 and 1964, and the prestigious ''Kossuth Prize'' in 1973.Iván Mándy Iván Mándy (23 December 1918 in Budapest – 6 October 1995 in Budapest) was a Hungarian writer. Biography From 1945 on Mándy worked at the literary revue Újhold. After the Soviet takeover he became a freelance writer. In 1989 he got again t ...

, Miklós Mészöly, László Nagy,

Ágnes Nemes Nagy Ágnes Nemes Nagy (January 3, 1922 – August 23, 1991) was a Hungary, Hungarian poet, writer, educator, and translator. She was born in Budapest and earned a teaching diploma from the University of Budapest. From 1945 to 1953, she was emplo ...

, Ottó Orbán,

István Örkény István György Örkény (5 April 1912, Budapest – 24 June 1979, Budapest) was a Hungarian writer whose plays and novels often featured grotesque situations. He was a recipient of the Kossuth Prize The Kossuth Prize (, ) is a state-sponsored a ...

Magda Szabó Magda Szabó (5 October 1917 – 19 November 2007) was a Hungarians, Hungarian novelist. Doctor of philology, she also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memoirs, poetry and children's literature. She was a founding member of the , an online dig ...

és

Sándor Weöres Sándor Weöres (; 22 June 1913 – 22 January 1989) was a Hungarian poet and author. Born in Szombathely, Weöres was brought up in the nearby village of Csönge. His first poems were published when he was fourteen, in the influential jour ...

is. After 1956, the publisher was "confiscated" from the association. Previously, the publisher's own shop, the Magvető bookstore on

Szent István Boulevard Nagykörút, also Grand Boulevard or Great Boulevard (also called "Big Ring Road", "Grand Ring Road", "Great Ring Road"), is one of the most central and busiest parts of Budapest, a major thoroughfare built by 1896, Hungary's Millennium. I ...

, also distributed the publisher's works. However, after the 1956 change of regime in Socialist Hungary, it merged into the network of the Libri book distribution company.

Management

The founder of Magvető was the secretary of the Writers' Association,

Géza Képes Géza Képes (February 1, 1909 – August 19, 1989) was a Hungarian poet, translator and polyglot. He was born in Mátészalka and died in Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most popul ...

, a poet and translator. Képes served as co-director of Magvető with

Géza Hegedüs Géza () is a Hungarian given name and may refer to any of the following: As regnal or forename * Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians * Géza I of Hungary, King of Hungary * Géza II of Hungary, King of Hungary * Géza, son of Géza II of Hungar ...

János Pilinszky János Pilinszky (27 November 1921 in Budapest – 27 May 1981 in Budapest) was one of the greatest Hungarian poets of the 20th century. Well known within the Hungarian borders for his vast influence on postwar Hungarian poetry, Pilins ...

also worked as a proofreader on the publisher's first volumes. The founding director had to leave Magvető in 1957 due to his activities during the

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, and was replaced by

Ferenc Vadász Ferenc () is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François, Frank and Franz. People with the name include: * Ferenc Batthyány (1497–1566), Hungarian magnate and general * Ferenc Bene (1944–20 ...

. In 1961, György Kardos became the head of the Magvető. Kardos previously served as a Lieutenant Colonel working in military intelligence for the

State Protection Authority The State Protection Authority (, ÁVH) was the secret police of the People's Republic of Hungary from 1945 to 1956. The ÁVH was conceived as an external appendage of the Soviet Union's KGB in Hungary responsible for supporting the ruling Hu ...

(ÁVH). Kardos is the longest-serving director Magvető, having served for approximately 25 years. During his tenure as its director, Magvető became one of the most successful Hungarian publishing companies of the time. It published the works of many important writers including Berkesi András,

István Csurka István Csurka (27 March 1934 – 4 February 2012) was a Hungarian nationalist politician, journalist and writer. He was the founder and inaugural leader of the Hungarian Justice and Life Party (MIÉP) from 1993 until his death. He was al ...

, ,

György Moldova György Moldova (12 March 1934 – 4 June 2022) was the author of more than seventy books in Hungary that have collectively sold more than 13 million copies, more than any other Hungarian writer. He is best known for his richly detailed sociolo ...

and

. However, it also launched the careers of many young writers who did not have the opportunity to publish elsewhere. Kardos was followed by critic

Miklós Jovánovics Miklós (, ) is a given name or surname, the Hungarian form of the Greek (English ''Nicholas''), and may refer to: In Hungarian politics * Miklós Bánffy, Hungarian nobleman, politician, and novelist * Miklós Horthy, Regent of the Kingdom of H ...

and editor Mária Hegedős, respectively, as director of Magvető. In 1993, it transformed into a publishing company (kft.-vé). It was then purchased by Líra és Lant Kereskedelmi Rt. (now Líra Könyv Zrt.) and has been operating independently within the Líra publishing group ever since. From 1995 to 2015, Géza Morcsányi was the head of the publisher. Under Morcsányi's leadership, Magvető became one of the most prestigious Hungarian fiction publishers, where the works of the most prestigious Hungarian authors of the turn of the millennium were published, including

Imre Kertész Imre Kertész (; 9 November 192931 March 2016) was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". He was ...

, the only Hungarian recipient of the

Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning ''for'' Literature (), is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in ...

. Magvető is a member of the (MKKE). Magvető was presented the MKKE's "Publisher of the Year" award in 2003, 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2013. From March 2015 to June 2016, Magvető was led by Krisztián Nyáry, who then continued his work as the creative director of Líra Könyv Zrt. He was succeeded on 1 July 2016 by , formerly Editor-in-Chief, as director of the publisher. The longest-serving employee of the publisher was Györgyi Bezúr, a technical manager who worked continuously at Magvető from 1961 to the end of 2016.

Series and sales

Magvető published ' (1974–1994) and the series of books in the Rakéta Regénytár (popularly abbreviated as ''Ra-Re''; from 1978). Successful book series include ''Világkönyvtár'', ''Magvető Kiskönyvtár'' and ''Új Termés'', which introduces the first-volume poets. Successful book series include ''Világkönyvtár'', ''Magvető Kiskönyvtár'' and ''Új Termés'', which introduces the first-volume poets. Magvető also publishes the ''Gyorsuló idő'' educational series as well as the ' memoirs series. In 1963, Magvető launched ', which has been a defining annual anthology of contemporary poetry ever since. An anthology of the most important Hungarian novellas, entitled ''Körkép'', has been published by Magvető since 1964. Within a decade after its founding, Magvető became one of the most influential Hungarian cultural institutions. In 1966, Magvető published more than two million copies. It continuously increased its output over time and, in 1981, Magvető published 5.4 million books. Today, it published a total of 6.4 million of the entire Hungarian literary book production.

Authors

Among the poets, Ferenc Juhász's collection of poetry entitled ''A virágok hatalma'' was published by Magvető in 1955. Cartoonist Tibor Kaján's book entitled ''Kaján rajzok'' was also published by Magvető in 1955. It also published Endre Fejes's volume of short stories entitled ''A hazudós'' in 1958. In addition to publishing the works of Hungarian writers already recognized by critics and the public audience, Magvető also focuses on publishing the debut works of young talented writers who are early in their careers, and promotes the continued output of these writers. Among others, Magvető publishes the works of Tibor Babiczky, Péter Bognár, Renátó Fehér, Ákos Győrffy, Lili Kemény,

Noémi Kiss Noémi Kiss (born in 1974 in Gödöllő) is a Hungarian writer, whose works have been translated into English, German, Bulgarian, Romanian and Serbian. The German press considered Kiss as one of the most promising writers of her generation. Biog ...

Tibor Noé Kiss Tibor is a masculine Hungarian given name. * Originated shortened form of the medieval Hungarian name ''Tiborc''; which originates from the ancient Latin surname Tiburtius. * from Etruscan name Tibur, which means "honest man" Some notable people ...

, , András Maros, Koppány Zsolt Nagy,

László Potozky László () is a Hungarian language, Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. The name has a history of being frequently Anglicisation ...

, Csaba Székely, Petra Szőcs, Kinga Tóth, Benedek Totth. The honours the best Hungarian contemporary fiction from the previous year. In 2015, 77 works of fiction were nominated for the 10th anniversary of the AEGON Art Award. Based on the decision of the jury, the works of ten authors advanced to the second round, eight of which were published by Magvető. As of 2020, the award has been won by 11 books published by Magvető since the award's inception in 2006: * 2006 – ''Fogság'' by

György Spiró György (George) Spiró (born 4 April 1946 in Budapest) is a dramatist, novelist and essayist who has emerged as one of post-war Hungary's most prominent literary figures. He is a member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts. Life ...

* 2007 – ''Visszaút az időben'' by

Zsuzsa Rakovszky Zsuzsa Rakovszky (born 4 December 1950) is a Hungarian translator and writer. Her surname also appears as Rakovsky. She was born in Sopron and earned a teaching certificate in Hungarian and English from the School of English and American Studi ...

* 2008 – ''Asztalizene'' by János Térey * 2009 – ''Önkéntes vak. Versek, 2006–2007'' by Tamás Jónás * 2011 – ''Esti'' by

Péter Esterházy Péter Esterházy (14 April 1950 – 14 July 2016) was a Hungarian writer. He was one of the best known Hungarian and Central European writers of his era. He was called a "leading figure of 20th century Hungarian literature", and his books were ...

* 2012 – ''Mellettem elférsz'' by Krisztián Grecsó * 2014 – ''Boldog észak. Aimé Billion mesél'' by Árpád Kun * 2016 – ''Távozó fa. Versek, 2005–2014'' by Imre Oravecz * 2017 – '' Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming'' by

László Krasznahorkai László Krasznahorkai (; born 5 January 1954) is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter known for difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels '' Sat ...

* 2019 – ''A Vak Remény'' by Zsuzsa Takács * 2020 – ''Jól láthatóan lógok itt'' by Ádám Nádasdy Magvető publishes the most Hungarian authors from abroad: after Budapest, most Magvető writers were born or raised in

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, Romania.

was Magvető's oldest published author, having published all of his works since the beginning of his career in the 1970s. As of 2015, the oldest active author of Magvető is

, 85, and the youngest is Lili Kemény, 22. Magvető continuously publishes several 20th-century Hungarian classical literature or other major works, including the works of

Géza Csáth Géza Csáth (; born József Brenner; February 13, 1887 – September 11, 1919) was a Hungarian writer, playwright, musician, music critic, psychiatrist, and physician. He was the cousin of Dezső Kosztolányi. Life Géza Csáth (pen name of J ...

, Péter Hajnóczy, G. Gyorgy Kardos,

Gyula Krúdy Gyula Krúdy (21 October 1878 – 12 May 1933) was a Hungarian writer and journalist. Biography Gyula Krúdy was born in Nyíregyháza, Austria-Hungary. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a maid working for the Krúdy family. His ...

Alexander Lenard Alexander Lenard (; ; Budapest, 9 March 1910 – Dona Emma, Brazil, 13 April 1972) was a Hungarian physician, writer, translator, painter, musician, poet and occasional language instructor. He was born in Budapest, Hungary and died in Dona Emma ...

, Ottó Orbán,

György Petri György Petri (22 December 1943 – 16 July 2000) was a Hungarian poet. Childhood and youth He was born in 1943 to a multi-ethnic family in Budapest. After his father's death he was raised by his mother, grandparents and aunts. According to his ...

, Szilárd Rubin,

Miklós Szentkuthy Miklós Szentkuthy (born Miklós Pfisterer; 2 June 1908 – 18 July 1988) was one of the most prolific Hungarian writers of the 20th century. His works include numerous novels, essays, translations, and a voluminous diary spanning the years 1930 ...

Antal Szerb Antal Szerb (1 May 1901, Budapest – 27 January 1945, Balf, Hungary, Balf) was a noted Hungary, Hungarian scholar and writer. He is generally considered to be one of the most important Hungarian writers of the 20th century. Life and career Sz ...

and Sándor Tar. When publishing translations of contemporary works of

, Magvető selects works of the same quality that its readers are accustomed to and expect from in the field of classical and contemporary Hungarian literature. Some major foreign works Magvető has published includes works by

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, Anna Gavalda,

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Colum McCann Colum McCann (born February 28, 1965) is an Irish writer of literary fiction. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, and currently resides in New York. He is known as an international writer who believes in the "democracy of storytelling." He has won ...

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, Mariam Petrosyan,

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and

Thomas Pynchon Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. ( , ; born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist noted for his dense and complex novels. His fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, Literary genre, genres and Theme (narrative), th ...

Magvető Café

On 11 April 2017, Magvető opened a

café A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café (), is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino, among other hot beverages. Many coffeehouses in West Asia offer ''shisha'' (actually called ''nargi ...

named Magvető Café on Dohány Street in Budapest. It serves as a meeting place for authors and readers. Books published by Magvető are sold inside. The café serves coffee, wines and breakfast.

Directors

and

(1955–1957) *

(1957–1961) * György Kardos (6 October 1961 – 1986) *

(1986–1990) * Mária Hegedős (1990–1993) * Géza Morcsányi (1995–2015) * Krisztián Nyáry (2015–2016) * Anna Dávid (2016–)

Book series

* Gyorsuló idő (English, "Accelerating Time") –

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series (since 1975) * Harminc év (English, "Thirty Years") – the most significant works of post-

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Hungarian literature Hungarian literature is the body of written works primarily produced in Hungarian,

(up to 1980, jointly with Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó) * Időmérték (English, "Timeline") * Körkép (English, "Panorama") – anthology of novellas * Magvető Kiskönyvtár (English, "Magvető Small Library") * Magvető novellárium (English, "Magvető Short Story") * Magvető Remekírók (English, "Magvető Great Writers") * Magvető Zsebkönyvtár (English, "Magvető Pocket Library") * Milleniumi Könyvtár (English, "Millennium Library") * Nemzet és emlékezet (English, "Nation and Memory") * (English, "From Idea to Movie") * és Rakéta Regénytár (English, "Rocket Novel Newspaper" and "Rocket Novel") * Rivalda – anthology of plays * Szép versek (English, "Beautiful Poems") – anthology of poetry * Tények és tanúk (English, "Facts and Witnesses") – autobiographies, memoirs * Új Termés (English, "New Crop") – first-volume poetsÚj Termés
worldcat.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021. * Világkönyvtár (English, "World Library") – contemporary works of

Notable publications

Tibor Déry Tibor Déry (18 October 1894 in Budapest – 18 August 1977 in Budapest) was a Hungarian writer and poet. He also wrote under the names Tibor Dániel and Pál Verdes. György Lukács praised Dery as being "the greatest depicter of human b ...

: ''Niki: The Story of a Dog'' (1956) *

: ''School at the Frontier'' (1959) * Endre Fejes: ''Rozsdatemető'' (1962) *

Ferenc Sánta Ferenc Sánta (September 4, 1927 – June 6, 2008) was a Hungarian novelist and film screenwriter. He was awarded the ''József Attila Prize'' in 1956 and 1964, and the prestigious ''Kossuth Prize'' in 1973.Imre Kertész Imre Kertész (; 9 November 192931 March 2016) was a Hungarian author and recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature, "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". He was ...

: ''

Fatelessness ''Fateless'' or ''Fatelessness'' (, ) is a novel by Imre Kertész, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for literature, written between 1960 and 1973 and first published in 1975. The novel is a semi-autobiographical story about a 14-year-old Hungarian ...

''(1975) *

: ''Termelési-regény (kisssregény)'' (1979) *

: '' Satantango'' (1985) * László Krasznahorkai: '' The Melancholy of Resistance'' (1989) * Péter Esterházy: '' Harmonia cælestis'' (2001) *

Attila Bartis Attila Bartis (born 1968) is a Romanian-born Hungarian writer, photographer, dramatist and journalist. He received the Attila József Prize in 2005. His books have been translated into over 20 different languages. In 2001, he published his secon ...

: ''

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'' (2001) * László Krasznahorkai: '' Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming'' (2016) * Zsuzsa Takács: ''A Vak Remény'' (2018)

Notable authors

Zsófia Bán Zsófia Bán (born September 23, 1957, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a writer, literary historian, essayist and art and literature critic. Personal life Zsófia Bán grew up in Rio de Janeiro as the child of Jewish parents. In 1969, she and her ...

* László Bertók *

Ádám Bodor Ádám Bodor (born 22 February 1936 in Cluj) is a Hungarian author of Transylvanian Hungarian origin. Life and writing Bodor was born in Romania to a staunchly anti-communist father and was himself an anti-communist. In his youth he believed ...

* Ildikó Boldizsár * Centauri *

László Csabai László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. The name has a history of being frequently anglicized as Leslie. It is the m ...

* András Cserna-Szabó *

László Darvasi László () is a Hungarian male given name and surname after the King-Knight Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary (1077–1095). It derives from Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. The name has a history of being frequently anglicized as Leslie. It is the m ...

György Dragomán György Dragomán (born 10 September 1973) is a Hungarian author and literary translator. His best-known work, ''The White King'' (2005) has been translated to at least 28 languages. He was born in Târgu Mureș (''Marosvásárhely'') Transylva ...

* Virág Erdős *

* László Garaczi * Krisztián Grecsó * Péter György *

Viktor Horváth Viktor Horváth (born 26 February 1978, Székesfehérvár) is a modern pentathlete from Hungary. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he finished nineteenth in the men's event, with a score of 5,272 points. Horváth als ...

* Péter Kántor *

István Kemény István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to: People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal * Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first k ...

* András Ferenc Kovács *

* Dénes Krusovszky * Árpád Kun * Júlia Lángh * Aliz Mosonyi *

Ádám Nádasdy Ádám Nádasdy (born 15 February 1947) is a Hungary, Hungarian linguistics, linguist and poet. He is professor Emeritus#In_academia, emeritus at the ELTE School of English and American Studies, School of English and American Studies of the ELTE ...

* Ottó Orbán * Lajos Parti Nagy *

* Anna T. Szabó *

Balázs Szálinger Balázs (Hungarian pronunciation: �bɒlaːʒ is a Hungarian surname and male given name, equivalent to the French name Blaise. The name can be traced back to the Latin ''Blaesus'' (later ''Blasius'') family. One branch of the gens Cornelia dis ...

* Ferenc Szijj * László Szilasi *

István Szilágyi István Szilágyi (born October 6, 1950, in Tököl) is a Hungarian former handball player. His first major international tournament was the 1974 World Championship, where he finished seventh with Hungary. He represented his country on further ...

* Zsuzsa Takács * Krisztina Tóth * Dániel Varró *

Pál Závada Pál Závada (born 14 December 1954 in Tótkomlós, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Rom ...

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