The Napkelet Reviews from Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár) and Budapest Cover Image

A kolozsvári és a budapesti Napkelet. Alkotók, művek, értékszempontok 1923 és 1937 között
The Napkelet Reviews from Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár) and Budapest

Author(s): Péter Cseke
Subject(s): Media studies, Theory of Communication
Published by: Medea Egyesület
Keywords: Napkelet; review; Cluj-Napoca; Budapest; Transylvania; minority

Summary/Abstract: In this paper the author presents two magazines named „Napkelet”, edited in Cluj-Napoca and Budapest. The magazine „Napkelet”, edited in Cluj (1920-1922) was an important open forum for research and ideas. Editor: Paál Árpád. The magazine focus on solving theHungarian’s problems in Transylvania, but it was also an aggregator of important cultural achievements. Editors said that the fate of Hungarians in the Carpathian Basin must be interpreted in a European context. The magazine „Napkelet”in Budapest (1923-1940) is characterized best by the writer Cécile Tormay (editor of the magazine), which defines the role of the publication „Napkelet” as „broken bridge among regions „, „pending dawn even during dark nights.” The study includes presentations of writers: Lajos Áprily, Sándor Reményik, Áron Tamási, etc.

  • Issue Year: IX/2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 25-46
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Hungarian