Nemzet, nemzeti kisebbség és állam viszonya Csoóri Sándor írásaiban
The Role of Nation, State, and Hungarians as Minorities in Sándor Csoóri’s Essays

Summary/Abstract: Sándor Csoóri passed away at the age of eighty-six as one of the finest Hungarian poets of his generation, having inspired the 1956 Revolution and the Hungarian national awakening from the late sixties onwards. After the fall of communism, he also played a pivotal role in the establishment of the worldwide Hungarian television broadcaster, Duna Televízió, and Hitel, the first autonomous Hungarian literary journal. The present essay aims to focus more on his highly inspirational prose, essays and articles which elaborated on the definition and the role of the ’nation’, always in contrast with the reality of socialist internationalism represented by the state. Csoóri was also among the first to dare to voice his concerns and initiate a debate about the future of the highly-neglected Hungarian minorities abroad, as well as to sharply criticise post-1990 Hungary for the shortcomings of its democracy, the lack of national consensus and a common denominator in history.

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