Bánffy Miklós hazatérése (1926)
The Homecoming of Miklós Bánffy(1926)

Summary/Abstract: Count Miklós Bánffy (1873-1950), novelist and graphic artist, superintendent of the Hungarian National Theatre and the Hungarian State Opera, later foreign minister, was the last male descendant of his parentage, the wealthiest historic family of Transylvania. His world-famous Transylvanian Trilogy (Erdélyi történet) is associated with Lampedusa’s novel, Il Gattopardo. After the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, Transylvania had been transferred to Romania, including Bánffy’s hometown and his estates. In summer of 1926, he stood aside from diplomacy and moved back to his castle in Bonchida, near Kolozsvár for good. He became a Romanian citizen and exerted a growing influence on the Hungarian art world and politics of Transylvania. Main stages of his work in literature and fine arts were founding the periodical Erdélyi Helikon and improving the publishing company Erdélyi Szépmíves Céh. In the meantime, he had an intense conflict with the conservative Magyar Party (Országos Magyar Párt). This study deals with the reasons and circumstances of Bánffy’s retiring, the political reflections about his reception in Hungary and in Romania and his first achievements.

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