Editorial Plans and the Export of the Romanian Literature in the 1970s Cover Image

Kiadói tervek és román irodalmi export az 1970-es években
Editorial Plans and the Export of the Romanian Literature in the 1970s

Author(s): Tímea Berki
Subject(s): Hungarian Literature
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: publishers and policies; Hungarian literature; Romanian literature; opinions of lecturers; quality; translation

Summary/Abstract: The present study is based on a bibliographic data collection, as a result of a postdoctoral grant. Taking into consideration the bibliography of Hungarian–Romanian literary contacts, and finding a monthly publication of the Európa Könyvkiadó in Budapest (Hungary), the study deals with the interpretation of lecturers on the Hungarian reception of Romanian literature. By categorizing these interpretations and opinions, the study builds a catalogue of aspects that helps at the microscopic observation of the literary export. The study analyzes the possible results of the bilateral joint editing between Romania and Hungary during this period, as well as the related problems, namely the non-equivalency between the author and his opera, respectively the translator and his literary translations. It also indicates that the role of the translator and translation – secondary in the process of literary creation – in the literary selection process and export receives overtones that deserve to be analyzed from the aspect of comparative and cultural contacts.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: IV
  • Page Range: 169-178
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Hungarian