Nyugat exhibition, SSEES library, 11 December 2008
Nyugat, IV, 1911, 3
A small exhibition will accompany the roundtable discussion, ‘Hungary’s ‘West’?: Literature and Culture at the Centenary of Nyugat‘, and will be on display on Thursday 11 December until 5 pm, on the second floor of the SSEES library, 16 Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BW.
Inspired by the SSEES Library’s rich Nyugat collection, the exhibition presents a range of texts and images, including World War One poems and controversies, memorials, essays, criticism and graphics, and displays the changing aesthetics, politics and imagery of ‘the West’, from the fin-de-siècle to the Communist takeover in 1948.
Alongside original issues of Nyugat (1908-41), visitors will be able to peruse first Nyugat editions of works by Aladár Schöpflin, Lajos Kassák, Gyula Illyés, Mihály Babits and others, as well as a selection of early twentieth-century periodicals, such as A Toll (The Pen, 1929-38), Kelet népe (People of the East, 1935-42), Szép Szó (Beautiful Word, 1936-39) and Magyar Csillag (Hungarian Star, 1941-44). All exhibits will be accompanied by brief notes.
A number of small advertisements from Nyugat will also be on display.
The exhibition was put together with the expertise and kind assistance of SSEES librarians, Lesley Pitman, Erika Panagakis and Ann Smith.
A pdf poster of the day’s events can be viewed or downloaded here.