Létezik-e svédmagyar irodalom? És ha nem, milyen formában?
Is There a Swedish-Hungarian Literature, and If Not, in What Form?

Summary/Abstract: From the point of view of a transcultural and/or transnational approach, Hungarian literature in Sweden includes works that have authors of Hungarian origin who migrated to Sweden, but their works are not necessarily written only in Hungarian. There are authors who only write in one language (Hungarian, Swedish or English), and there are also those who are publishing in both Swedish and Hungarian. For mapping these works, we can take as starting point the date of the authors’ migration, distinguishing four groups of authors. The study of the groups shows certain language and thematic similarities. This article intends to present the literature written by Swedish authors of Hungarian origin between 1945 and 2015. These are works that have authors of Hungarian origin, but very few of them are known by readers in Hungary. The presentation by groups helps to examine common features of the authors and their works. Focus is on the language choice, but also on the need for the translation of these works between Hungarian and Swedish. However, the most relevant question remains whether this literature is part of the Swedish literature, the Hungarian literature, or both literatures, or neither of them.

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