Notes, stickings, fragments (Miklós Mészöly’s notebook-diaries) Cover Image

Kijegyzések, beragasztások, törmelékek (Mészöly Miklós naplónoteszei)
Notes, stickings, fragments (Miklós Mészöly’s notebook-diaries)

Author(s): Beáta Thomka
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Jelenkor Alapítvány
Keywords: Miklós Mészöly; Péter Nádas; Péter Esterházy; contemporary Hungarian literature; renewal of Hungarian prose

Summary/Abstract: “Mészöly kept away from personal diaries, confessions, memoires, the genres of personal documentation.” Miklós Mészöly (1921-2001) was one of the most significant writers of the late twentieth century, whose work was fundamental for the renewal of Hungarian prose hall-marked by Péter Esterházy and Péter Nádas. The author, Beáta Thomka is a literary-historian, editor of the Mészöly-bequest surveys the notes and fragments left behind.

  • Issue Year: 2002
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 1097-1103
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Hungarian