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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). 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's '' Hajnali háztetők'' and Ferenc Sánta's ''Húsz óra''. Magvető published works by
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Miklós Mészöly 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 Hun ...
, László Nagy, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, Géza Ottlik, 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 in 1973. Biography He was born to a wealt ...
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Magda Szabó Magda Szabó (October 5, 1917 – November 19, 2007) was a 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 digital repos ...
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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 journ ...
is. After 1956, the publisher was "confiscated" from the association. Previously, the publisher's own shop, the Magvető bookstore on
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, 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,
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, 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: * Benjamin Géza Affleck * 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 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, Hungarian magnate and general * Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian artist ...
. In 1961, György Kardos became the head of the Magvető. Kardos previously served as a Lieutenant Colonel working in military intelligence for the
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(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 als ...
, ,
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Magda Szabó Magda Szabó (October 5, 1917 – November 19, 2007) was a 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 digital repos ...
. 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 Hun ...
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
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. 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
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, 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
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, Péter Bognár, Renátó Fehér,
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András Maros András () is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian form of '' Andrew''. Notable people with the name include: * András Ádám-Stolpa (born 1921), Hungarian tennis player * András Adorján (born 1950), Hungarian writer * András Ágost ...
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Koppány Zsolt Nagy Koppány, also known as Cupan, was the Duke of Somogy in Hungary in the late 10th century. According to modern scholars' consensus view, he was a member of the royal Árpád dynasty. Koppány was the lord of the southern region of Transdanubia du ...
, László Potozky, Csaba Székely,
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, Kinga Tóth,
Benedek Totth Benedek is a Hungarian name which can be either a surname or a given name. It is the Hungarian name equivalent to Benedict. It may refer to: Surname * Dalma Ružičić-Benedek (born 1982), a Hungarian-born Serbian sprint canoer * David Benedek (b ...
. 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 * 2007 – ''Visszaút az időben'' by Zsuzsa Rakovszky * 2008 – ''Asztalizene'' by János Térey * 2009 – ''Önkéntes vak. Versek, 2006–2007'' by Tamás Jónás * 2011 – ''Esti'' by Péter Esterházy * 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 '' S ...
* 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. Péter Esterházy 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
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, 85, and the youngest is
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, 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 Jó ...
, Péter Hajnóczy, G. Gyorgy Kardos, Gyula Krúdy, Alexander Lenard, Ottó Orbán, Géza Ottlik,
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 ...
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, Miklós Szentkuthy,
Antal Szerb Antal Szerb (1 May 1901, Budapest – 27 January 1945, Balf) was a noted Hungarian scholar and writer. He is generally considered to be one of the major Hungarian writers of the 20th century. Life and career Szerb was born in 1901 to assimilate ...
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Sándor Tar Sándor is a Hungarian given name and surname. It is the Hungarian form of Alexander. It may refer to: People Given name * Sándor Apponyi (1844–1925) was a Hungarian diplomat, bibliophile, bibliographer and great book collector *Sándor Bol ...
. When publishing translations of contemporary works of
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, 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 Andrzej Stasiuk,
Anna Gavalda Anna Gavalda (born 23 May 1970 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French teacher and award-winning novelist. Referred to by ''Voici'' magazine as "a distant descendant of Dorothy Parker", Anna Gavalda was born in an upper-class suburb ...
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Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (; 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo () or Gabito () throughout Latin America. Considered one ...
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Juan Marsé Juan Marsé Carbó (8 January 1933 – 18 July 2020) was a Spanish novelist, journalist, and screenwriter who used Spanish as his literary language. In 2008, he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, "the Spanish-language equivalent" to the Nobel ...
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Terézia Mora Terézia Mora (; born 5 February 1971) is a Hungarian writer, screenwriter and translator. Early life and education Terézia Mora was born in Sopron, Hungary, to a family with German roots and grew up bilingual. She moved to Germany after th ...
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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), them ...
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Magvető Café

On 11 April 2017, Magvető opened a
café A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that primarily serves coffee of various types, notably espresso, latte, and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve cold drinks, such as iced coffee and iced tea, as well as other non-ca ...
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

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Géza Képes Géza Képes (February 1, 1909, Mátészalka, Hungary – August 19, 1989, Budapest, Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the no ...
and
Géza Hegedüs Géza is a Hungarian given name and may refer to any of the following: * Benjamin Géza Affleck * 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 ...
(1955–1957) *
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, Hungarian magnate and general * Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian artist ...
(1957–1961) * György Kardos (6 October 1961 – 1986) *
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 Hun ...
(1986–1990) * Mária Hegedős (1990–1993) * Géza Morcsányi (1995–2015) *
Krisztián Nyáry Krisztián is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Krisztián Adorján (born 1993), Hungarian footballer * Krisztián Bártfai (born 1974), Hungarian sprint canoeist * Krisztián Berki (born 1985), Hungarian artistic gymnast *Kris ...
(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-
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(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 Magvető is a Hungarian book publishing company based in Budapest. 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 ...
(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
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Notable publications

* Tibor Déry: ''Niki: The Story of a Dog'' (1956) * Géza Ottlik: ''School at the Frontier'' (1959) * Endre Fejes: ''Rozsdatemető'' (1962) * Ferenc Sánta: ''Húsz óra'' *
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 ''(1975) * Péter Esterházy: ''Termelési-regény (kisssregény)'' (1979) *
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 '' S ...
: '' Satantango'' (1985) * László Krasznahorkai: '' The Melancholy of Resistance'' (1989) * Péter Esterházy: ''Harmonia cælestis'' (2000) * Attila Bartis: ''
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'' (2001) * László Krasznahorkai: '' Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming'' (2016) * Zsuzsa Takács: ''A Vak Remény'' (2018)


Notable authors

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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 fa ...
* Attila Bartis * 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 i ...
* 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. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being frequ ...
* András Cserna-Szabó * László Darvasi *
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 ...
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Virág Erdős Virág is a Hungarian surname and feminine given name, meaning ’flower’ in Hungarian. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Bálint Virág (born 1973), Hungarian mathematician * Béla Virág (born 1976), Hungarian footballer Giv ...
* Péter Esterházy *
László Garaczi 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. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being freq ...
* 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 *
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 ...
*
András Ferenc Kovács András () is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian form of ''Andrew''. Notable people with the name include: * András Ádám-Stolpa (born 1921), Hungarian tennis player * András Adorján (born 1950), Hungarian writer * András Ágosto ...
*
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 '' S ...
* Dénes Krusovszky * Árpád Kun * Júlia Lángh * Aliz Mosonyi *
Ádám Nádasdy Ádám Nádasdy (born 15 February 1947) is a Hungarian linguist and poet. He is professor emeritus at the School of English and American Studies of the Faculty of Humanities of the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He specializes in pos ...
* Ottó Orbán * Lajos Parti Nagy *
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 ...
* Zsuzsa Rakovszky * György Spiró *
Anna T. Szabó Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th century) * Anna (Anisia) (fl. 1218 to 1221) ...
* Balázs Szálinger * Ferenc Szijj *
László Szilasi 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. Other versions are Lessl or Laszly. The name has a history of being freq ...
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István Szilágyi István Szilágyi (born October 6, 1950, in Tököl) is a Hungarian former handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt playe ...
* Zsuzsa Takács * Krisztina Tóth *
Dániel Varró Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew language, Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel (given ...
* Pál Závada


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


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