Judith Solossy


Translations


Book Length Literary Translations   

Endre Ady , neighbours of the night. selected short stories. selected, translated and with a preface by judith sollosy.  Corvina, Budapest, l994.

Géza Csáth.  opium. short stories.  selected & translated by judith sollosy.  Corvina, Budapest, 2002.

György Dalos.  the circumcision. Brandle & Schlesinger, Sydney, 2003;  Marion Boyars, London - New York, 2006.

Péter Esterházy. the book of hrabal. Quartet Books, London, 1993; Northwestern University Press, 1994; Brandl & Schlesinger, Sydney, 1994; Corvina, Budapest, 1994.

Péter Esterázy.  a little hungarian pornography. Quartet Books, London, 1995; Corvina, Budapest, 1995; Northwestern University Press, 1996.

Péter Esterházy.  she loves me. Quartet Books, London, 1997; Northwestern University Press, 1997; Corvina, Budapest, 1997.

Péter Esterázy.   celestial harmonies. translated and with a brief introduction by judith sollosy. Ecco Books - Harper Collins, N.Y., 2004; Harper-Flamingo, Canada, 2004; Harper Perennial, London, 2004.

Péter Esterházy.   celestial harmonies. with introduction and afterword, "On Translating Péter Esterházy," by Judith Sollosy. Paperback edition. Ecco Books - Harper Collins, N.Y., Harper-Flamingo, Canada, Harper Perennial, London, 2005.

Péter Esterázy.  not art.  Ecco - Harper Collins, N.Y., 2010.

István Örkény.  one minute stories. seleced and translated by judith sollosy. Brandl & Schlesinger, Sydney, 1994; Corvina, Budapest, 1994 (first edition).

István Örkény.  more one minute stories, selected and translated by judith sollosy. Corvina, Budapest, 2006 (first edition).

 

Brief List of Short Literary Translations


Ady, Endre. the mute couple, spring mass, the kiss.  In: Cyphers No. 36, Dublin, Summer, l992, pp.19-28;
the kiss. In: The Kiss. Twentieth-Century Short Stories. Corvina, l993 (first edition).

Bächer, Iván. budapest, papertown. In: Centropa Quarterly, Vol. 4, Winter, 2003/2004;
a beautiful photograph. In: Centropa Quarterly, n.d.;
my favorite foods. In: Centropa Quarterly, n.d.
letter from a father. In: Hungarian Digest, l986/6.

Bódis, Kriszta. hard butter (excerpt from the novel of the same name). In: Hide and Seek. Contemporary Hungarian Literature, ed. Gy. Horváth and A. Benedek. József Attila Kör, Budapest, 2004.

Bodor, Ádám. the outpost. In: Cross Currents. A Yearbook of Central European Literature, No. 6, l987; The Kiss, Corvina, l993;
melissa bogdanowitz's footprint. In: Miklós Szüts exhibition catalog, Budapest, 2003.

Csalog, Zsolt. What are the Czechs like? In: Res Publica Nova. Also online at Eurozine, http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2009-10-06-csalog-en.html and http://www.eurozine.com/pdf/2009-10-06-csalog-en.pdf

Csáth, Géza. matricide. At: http://grunes.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/matricide/

Dalos, György. the circumcision (exerpts). In: Contemporary Jewish Writing in Hungary, ed. Susan Rubin Suleiman and Éva Forgács, University of Nebraska Press, 2003; also in the Babel web anthology at: http://www.babelmatrix.org;

Déry, Tibor. animal machines; my agile, youthful figure. In: Hungarian Digest, l982/2  and the Hungarian P.E.N. Bulletin, No. 19, 1978, pp. 3-9;
philemon and baucis. In: Nothing's Lost. Corvina, l988, and Love and Other Stories, New Directions, 2005.

Erdős, Virág. blessed margaret (poem). In: Writing from Hungary. Words without Borders, August, 2010, http://wordswithoutborders.org/

Esterházy, Péter. "Hungarian Cooking" (from The Book of Hrabal). In: Fiction, Vol 11, No. 3, 1993, pp. 110-115; further excerpt in: Literature Above All, Institutul Cultural Roman, 2009;
she loves me. A chapter in Link Budapest and New Hungarian Writing, 2002; Chapter 37 at: http://www.babelmatrix.org/index.php?page=work&tran_id=3459
Chapter 7 at: http://www.babelmatrix.org and http://www.fridaycircle.com/2008/10/20/esterhazy-a-no/;
celestial harmonies. Excerpts in: The Hungarian Quarterly, Vol. 42, Winter 2001, pp. 13-36; also at Hungarian Literature Online, June 30, 2004, http://www.hlo.hu/object.264cdebf-c716-499f-8b4a-b3a126557e57.ivy; as well as at http://www.babelmatrix.org;
celestial harmonies. Excerpts from Part Two.  At: Hungarian Literature Online, June 30, 2004, http://www.hlo.hu/object.264cdebf-c716-499f-8b4a-b3a126557e57.ivy;
author's preface to revised edition. PEN America blog; also in: The Wall in My Head. Words Without Borders Anthology. Words and Images from the Fall of the Iron Curtain, University of Rochester, 2009.
two short stories, Cimarron Review, Summer, 1996;
kornél esti's bicycle. In: Writing from Hungary. Words without Borders, August, 2010, http://wordswithoutborders.org/

Gáll, István. the great adventure (short story). In: Present Continuous. Contemporary Hungarian Writing, ed. István Bart. Corvina, l985 (first edition); The Kiss, Corvina, l993 (first edition).

Háy, János. indian time and my father (short story). In: Eurozine, Aug. 2009, at: http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2009-08-10-hay-en.html, also in:  Little India magazine (U.S.), Sept. 2009 and Little India online, http://www.littleindia.com/news/154/ARTICLE/5387/2009-09-13.html, Sept. 15, 2009;
the assimilant. In: Eurozine online, http://www.eurozine.com/search.html;

lou's last letter to feri's wife. In: Writing from Hungary. Words without Borders, August, 2010, http://wordswithoutborders.org/

Horváth, Viktor. the four points of the compass and how the foolish frenghi sultans came to blows (chapters from Török tükör, Jelenkor, 2009). For Lettre Internationales, 2010.

Kali, Kinga. sworn virgin. At Eurozine, www.eurozine.com, Feb. 24, 2010.

Karinthy, Ferenc. requiem. In: Hungarian P.E.N. Bulletin, No. 22, 1981, pp. 3-12; Hungarian Short Stories, ed. Paul Varnai. Exile Editions, Toronto, 1983; Present Continuous, Corvina, 1985; The Kiss, Corvina, 1993;
frisking in fiumicino, the crown, a taxi ride through manhattan (short stories). In: Hungarian Digest, 1981/1.

Kertész, Imre. fateless (Sorstalanság). Several chapters of the novel. In: Cross Currents, U.S., n.d.;
the unhappy 20th century (essay). In: Fordítói füzetek, June, 2009.

Kornis, Mihály. lifebook. the hero of our story (Excerpts from Napkönyv - Daybook). In: The New Hungarian Quarterly, Vol. 36, Summer 1995, pp.21-48;
father makes good. In: Common Knowledge, Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring, 1997, pp. 179-189; Link Budapest. New Hungarian Writing, 2002;
morning. In: Give or Take a Day. Contemporary Hungarian Short Stories, Corvina, 1997;
danube blues. In: Szombat  (English language issue), 1999, pp. 16-18; also in Contemporary Jewish Writing in Hungary, ed. Susan Rubin Suleiman and Éva Forgács, University of Nebraska Press, 2003;
petition. In: Nothing Makes You Free. Writings by Descendants of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, ed. Melvin J. Bukiet. W.W. Norton & Co., N.Y., 2002;
the cemetery (excerpt from Napkönyv - Lifebook). In: Contemporary Jewish Writing in Hungary, ed. Susan Rubin Suleiman and Éva Forgács. University of Nebraska Press, 2003;
lifebook (excerpts from Napkönyv - Daybook). An Island of Sound, Harvill Press, London, 2004;
once again (excerpt from Napkönyv - Daybook). In: The Chattahoochee Review, Fall, 2005;
the toad prince. In: Writing from Hungary. Words without Borders, August, 2010, http://wordswithoutborders.org/

Lázár, Ervin. the giant, the sneak thief, the blacksmith, the china doll. In: Hungary. 9 Authors, 9 Works. Hungarian Book Foundation, Budapest, 2005;
the sneak thief, the countess, the champion. In: The Chattahoochee Review, Fall 2005;
the sneak thief. At Hungarian Literature Online (hlo.hu), 2006; also in: Jobbladák. Lázár Ervin hetvenedik születésnapjára. Novella Kiadó, Budapest, 2006.
the man from csillagmajor, the blacksmith, the woman in blue, the knotweed. In: Hungarian Quarterly, Vol. 48, Winter 2007, pp. 28-43;
the china doll. In: Writing from Hungary. Words without Borders, August, 2010, http://wordswithoutborders.org/

Márton, László. countess hohenembs turns her back, or farewell to the century. In: Encounters. A Hungarian Quarterly Reader. The Hungarian Quarterly Society - Balassi Kiadó, Budapest, 1999.

Moldova, György. the elephant who took part in the war. In: Hungarian Digest, 1980/4;
distinction. In: Hungarian Digest, 1981/3;
father fabricius. In: Present Continuous, Corvina, 1985.

Nádas, Péter. family portrait agains a purple sunset. In: Nothing's Lost. Corvina, 1988; also in: Hungarian Digest 1987/6, pp. 118-126; Matrix, No. 34, 1991, pp. 60-63; The Kiss, Corvina, 1993.

Örkény, István. on the nature of the grotesque, the right to remain standing, eroticism, ecstasy. In: Hungarian Digest, Vol. X, No. 4;
one-minute stories (selection). In: New Directions 52. An International Anthology of Prose and Poetry. New Directions, N.Y., 1988;
art and experience, public opinion survey, professional pride. In: De Ark Budapest, 26-29 August. MCMXCIII, Willemdok, Antwerpen, 1993;
the last cherry-pit. In: The Kiss. Corvina, 1993;
one minute stories  (selection). In: The Hungarian Quarterly, Vol. 44, Summer, 2003, pp. 44-61, also at http://www.hungarianquarterly.com/no170/5.html;
in memoriam dr. h.g.k., coal, the last cherry pit, one-minute biography. In: Contemporary Jewish Writing in Hungary, ed. Susan Rubin Suleiman and Éva Forgács, University of Nebraska Press, 2003;
1949 (show trial), we're a small nation, rondo, ahasuerus, life should be so simple, november. In: An Island of Sound, Harvill Press, London, 2004;
anecdote, thoughts from the basement, information, new lords. In: The Chattahoochee Review, Fall, 2005;
the last cherry pit. At: http://web.mit.edu/norvin/www/somethingelse/cherrypit.html;
there's always hope. At Babelmatrix, http://www.babelmatrix.org/document_view.jsp?documentId=1354&parallel=true and http://hungarianpoems.freeblog.hu/;
has anyone seen?, ballad on the magic of poetry, encounter, the final question. In: Budapest Tales. A Collection of Central European Contemporary Writing. New Europe Writers, 2008;
budapest, in memoriam dr. h.g.k., folklore, our sons, gli ungheresi. At Hungarian Literature Online (hlo.hu), Jan. 28, 2008, http://www.hlo.hu/object.5ab17205-c81e-4648-a3b3-d428671a06ef.ivy;
november. At: conoreblue.blog.spot.com, http://conoreblue.blogspot.com/2008/06/comic-rkny-istvn-november.html
and propeller.hu, June, 2008;
handling instructions, the grotesque, in memoriam dr. h.g.k., a number of variations on the theme of self-realization, one minute biography, a bright future ahead, tulip in crisis, thoughts from the cellar, honeymooners on flypaper, ballad about the magic of poetry. In: Országos Széchenyi Könyvtár honlapja (National Széchenyi Library Online);
the final question. In: New European Writers. Your Guide to Life Behind the Curtain, at  http://new21.wordpress.com/category/selected-tales/budapest-tales/;
handling instructions, one minute biography, optical illusion, the death of the actor, 1949, official government report..., news item, public opinion survey. In: Going to Bed Hungary, video by Roger Batty,Anchorage, Alaska, on youtube at http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x56ato_going-to-bed-hungary_creation;
 memoirs of a puddle. At the Massachussets Insitute of Technology website, http://web.mit.edu/norvin/www/somethingelse/puddle.html

Parti Nagy, Lajos - Banga, Ferenc. In lieu of a translation. Introduction to Kacat, Bajazzó, Pytheas Kiadó, Budapest, 2002. Excerpt at: http://www.pytheas.hu/ereszletes12.htm;
oh, those chubby genes! (from Hősöm tere - Heroes Square). At Hungarian Literature Online (hlo.hu), summer, 2004; also at http://www.babelmatrix.org; as an unusual incident in: Budapest Tales. . A Collection of Central European Contemporary Writing. Published by New Europe Writers, 2008, and in: Writing from Hungary. Words without Borders, August, 2010, http://wordswithoutborders.org/
heroes square (Hősöm tere, excerpts). In: Hungary. 9 Authors, 9 Works. Hungarian Book Foundation, Budapest, 2005; also at: Hungarian Literature Online (hlo.hu);
oh, those chubby genes (excerpt from Hősöm tere -Heroes Square).  In: The Chattahoochee Review, Fall, 2005;
no strings attached. At Hungarian Literature Online (hlo.hu), January 29, 2007, http://www.hlo.hu/object.f3727bf8-ea08-49dc-b5b2-874755bbcc1d.ivy ;
the final question. New European Writers, Feb. 23, 2009; also at http://new21.wordpress.com/

Szécsi, Magda. gypsy mandalas (from Cigánymandala - Gypsy Mandalas). Széphalom Műhely, Budapest, 2007. In: Writing from Hungary. Words without Borders, August, 2010, http://wordswithoutborders.org/

Szécsi Noémi. communist monte cristo (excerpt from the novel). In: The Hungarian Quarterly Vol. 50, Winter 2-9, pp. 27-31; also in: Writing from Hungary. Words without Borders, August, 2010, http://wordswithoutborders.org/.

Tar, Sándor.  our street (four stories from the novel).  In:  Seven Voices. A Sampler of New Hungarian Writing. Hungarian Book Foundation - Corvina, 1999;
uncle vida. At http://www.hlo.hu/object.3760fc1f-b5ef-4c0f-ad7a-f2e5b634d413.ivy and Hungarian Literature Online (hlo.hu), 2006;
bird's eye view, jancsi hesz, foreman józsef sudák, the man with a dog, it is morning. In: The Chattahoochee Review, Fall, 2005;
slow freight (short story). In: Writing from Hungary. Words without Borders, August, 2010, http://wordswithoutborders.org/; also at Fiction Daily, http://fictiondaily.org/

Závada, Pál. yadviga's pillow (excerpts from the novel).  In: Seven Voices. A Sampler of New Hungarian Writing. Hungarian Book Foundation - Corvina, 1999; Hungarian Quarterly, Vol. XLI, No. 157, Spring, 2000, pp. 22-37; also in: An Island of Sound. Harvill Press, London, 2004; Unchartered Places. An Anthology of Contemporary Hungarian Writing, Magvető, 2010; and Hungarian Literature Online (hlo.hu).

 

Further Authors in Print or on the Internet:


Géza Bereményi, Bulcsu Bertha, Iván Boldizsár, István Csurka,
László Darvasi, Péter Dobai, Klára Fehér, Erzsébet Galgóczi, László Garaczi,
Gábor Görgey, Miklós Gyárfás, Tibor Hajas, Béla Hamvas,
Géza Hegedüs, Teri Horváth, Endre Illés, Lajos Kassák, Ákos Kertész,
Emil Kolozsvári-Grandpierre, István Kormos, László Lugosi Lugo,
Elek Magyar, Ágnes Nemes Nagy, György Odze, Boris Palotai,
János Pilinszky, Ferenc Sánta, Pál Szabó, Károly Szakonyi, Gábor Thurzó,
Miklós Tótfalusi Kis, Miklós Vámos.

 

Radio Plays, Plays & Scripts


Radio Plays, Plays

aquarium with hens. Hungarian Radio, 2003.

bound by kistarcsa. Hungarian Radio, 2001.

dated this evening (documentary). Hungarian Radio, 2000.

Andrási, Attila.  kórogy (documentary). Hungarian Radio, 1996.


Baka, István. god in the city. Hungarian Radio, 1996.

Bakonyi, Péter. the peak is halfway up (documentary). Hungarian Radio, 1997.

Balázs, Attila & Jósvai, Lídia. the treasure of muddy lake. Hungarian Radio, 2004.

Bárdos, Pál. the nightwatchman. Hungarian Radio, 1996; winner of the Prix Italia prize for best radio play translation.

Béres Attila. contentment. Hungarian Radio, 1997.
shells, the music of the sea. Hungarian Radio, l992.

Bodor, Ádám. the outpost. Hungarian Radio, 1993;
in a strange town. Hungarian Radio, 1994.

Borges - Janus Panonius: poems. Hungarian Radio, 2000.

Borenich, Péter.  romeo and romeo (documentary). Hungarian Radio, 1995;
sentenced to six years (documentary). Hungarian Radio, 1997;
the soul is the first do die (documentary). Hungarian Radio, 2000;
prisoner at kistarcha (documentary). Hungarian Radio, 2001.

Csaba, Klári. unforgettable years. Hungarian Radio, 1991.

Csaba Klári.  royal triangle. Hungarian Radio, 1996.

Czakó, Gábor. pigs. In: Three Contemporary Hungarian Plays. Forest Books, London, l992.

Hamvai, Kornél. marton on the shore is cold. Hungarian Radio, n.d.

Hamvas, Béla. interlude - seven days. Hungarian Radio, n.d.

Határ, Győző. after-images from a novel. Hungarian Radio, 2003.

Háy, János. gézaboy. Hungarian Radio, 2003.

Horváth, Péter.  shoes.  Hungarian Radio, 1998.

Hubay, Miklós. roman carneval. Bizart Agency, Budapest, 1995;
let us hail king oedipus. Bizart Agency, Budapest, 1995.

Kertész, Ákos. the lovers of prague. Hungarian Radio, 1993.

Kornis, Mihály. the ballad of mrs. kádár. On: Hungarian Literature Online (hol.hu) and www.kornismihaly.hu/ballad_msrkadar.rtf

Lackfi, János. language lesson. Hungarian Radio, Prix Europa, 2004.

Lajos, Éva. melinda. Hungarian Radio, 2005.

Márai, Sándor.  diary (excerpts). Hungarian Radio, 1998.

Maráz, László - Csaba, Klári. encounter at naszvad (documentary). Hungarian Radio, 1996.

Markovits, Ferenc et.al.  lajos, éva, melinda (documentary). Hungarian Radio, 2005.

Mednyányszy Elemér.  a memorable summer's night. Hungarian Radio, 1995.

Mikes, Kelemen.  letters from turkey (excerpts). Hungarian Radio, 1999.

Müller, Péter. the last performance. For the Bizart Agency, Budapest, 1995.

Nádas, Péter. encounter. a tragedy without a break. In: The New Hungarian Quarterly, Vol. 29, 1988; Hungarian Theatre - Hungarian Drama, No. 8; Hungarian Theatre Institute, l989.

Nagy, András. blaspheme. Hungarian Radio, 2000.

Najmányi, László. theremin (documentary feature).  Hungarian Radio, 2001.

Nyerges, András. getting bye.  Hungarian Radio, 1999.

Odze, György. lecturers. Hungarian Radio, 1993.

Ördögh, Szilveszter. judas the apostle.  Hungarian Radio, 1996.

Pataki, Éva. the chinese taxi strike. Hungarian Radio, 2004.

Parti Nagy, Lajos. jolán sárbogárdi: the angel of the body. Hungarian Radio - Prix Italia, l991;
ibusár.  Contemporary Drama Festival, Budapest, 1999; dramatized reading, Hungarian Cultural Institute, London, March 25, 2000.

Páskándi, Géza. the guest (with Paul Várnai). In: Arion, ed. György Somlyó. Corvina, l979.

Pollner, Zoltán. miracle at the black virgin's.  Hungarian Radio, 2001;
st. jupát, help us! (documentary). Hungarian Radio, 2000.

Simon, László. ancient lament of mary. Hungarian Radio - Prix Marulic, 1999.

Spiró, György. the impostor. In: Hungarian Theatre - Hungarian Drama, No. 6, l986; also in: Three Contemporary Hungarian Plays, Forest Books, London - Boston, l992;
where have all the teachers gone?  Hungarian Radio, 1993;
ruskies. Hungarian Radio, n.d.;
soap opera. Hungarian Radio, 1998.

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander. the truth of the tanks. Hungarian Radio, 1994.

Szabó Ágnes. free fall. Hungarian Radio, 1995.

Szakonyi, Károly. if only you'd stay. Hungarian Radio, 1996.

     the lovers of prague. Hungarian Radio, 1995.

Szöcs, Géza. millennial good-bye. Hungarian Radio, 1996.

Tar, Sándor. slow freight. Hungarian Radio, 1997;
waiting for a voice from the past. Hungarian Radio, 1997.

Vámos, Miklós. act five. Hungarian Radio, 1993.

Zalán, Tibor. the blind man.  Hungarian Radio, 1996.

Zoltán, Gábor.  landed property.  Hungarian Radio, 1998;
to say goodbye.  Hungarian Radio, 1999.


 

Performed Plays


Czakó, Gábor - Selmeczi, György. pigs. Merlin International Theatre, Budapest, September, 1996.

Gurney, A.R. sylvia.  Vígszínház, Budapest, premier Sept. 27, 1997, still running as of December, 2010.

Karinthy, Ferenc. the bends of the danube. Merlin International Theatre, Budapest, August, l992;
steinway grand The Threshold Theater Co., N.Y., l989; single performance, UCLA, l988; Hungarian Consulate General, N.Y.  (as bösendorfer), 1995.

Ludwig, Ken. leading ladies - káprázatos hölgyek, vagy amit akartok. Kaposvári Csiky Gergely Színház, premier: November 9, 2001; also as: mi van a szoknya alatt, Turay Ida Színtársulat, premier: December 18, 2004.

Miller, Arthur. the ride down mount morgan - lefelé a hegyrõl. Budapesti Kamaraszínház, premier: October 6, 2001, still running as of January, 2011; Soproni Színház, July 2006; Nyári Estek Szegeden, premier: June 30, 2005.

Örkény, István. one minute stories. An evening of dramatized stories, with several dramatizations by J.S.). Merlin International Theatre, June 30 - July 1, 1994.

Schwajda, György. anthem. International Merlin Theatre, Budapest, Aug. 17-Sept. 2, 1994.

Wilde, D.R. mother and the angel - mennyből az angyal. Örkény István Színház, Budapest, premier October 13, 2000.

 

 

Film Scripts and Subtitles



Déry, Tibor. dog story (Niki, script and dir. Szántó Erika)

Gábor, Pál. the long ride

Kardos, György. avram bogatir's good week (script and dir. Szántó Erika)

Maár, Gyula. farewell to communism (subtitles for BBC)

Makk, Károly. a very moral night

Makk, Károly. lilly in love (Playing for Keeps)

Örkény, István. the siberian marten (script and dir. Szántó Erika)

Simó, Sándor. the sylvester syndrome

Sívó, Júlia. dráma drom (documentary)

Szántó, Erika. the giant (script and dir.)

Szántó, Erika. elysium (script and dir.)

Zsombolyai, János. duty-free marriage (script, dir.)

 

Selected List of Nonfiction Translations


Bart István. hungary & the hungarians. a concise dictionary of facts and beliefs, customs, usage and myths.  Corvina, Budapest, 1999.

Cummings, Kellan - Esterházy Péter. an interview with peter esterhazy by kellan cummings. In: Words Without Borders. The Online Magazine for International Literature, Summer, 2008.

Esterházy, Péter. the problem facing the world (essay). In: Partisan Review, No.2, 1996 (1994?), pp. 272-279;
or is there another way? budapest (article). In: The New Yorker, 1998.
europe (article).  For The BBC, London, 1998;
the problem facing the writer today. The New Yorker, 1998;
would you like to see golden budapest?  For the International Writers Conference, Prague, Spring, 1999; also in: Montreal's Multicultural Magazine, No. 01, 2005, pp. 23-33;
reporting from the moon. In: Hungarian Quarterly, Vol. XLIV, No. 171, Autumn 2003; also in: Passages, No. 36, Spring 2004, pp.15-18;
chapter. (kornél esti). Acceptance speech for the Frankfurt Book Fair Peace Prize, October, 2004;
2008 words. Speech for the International Writers Conference, Lyons, France, 2008;
kornél esti's shameful secret. For the PEN International Voices conference, New York, 2008;
the story of the story. wayne koestenbaum interviews péter esterházy. In: PEN America. A Journal for Writers and Readers. 9: also Checkpoints, pp. 50-58;
comments by a novice klinge viewer. Introduction to German exhibition catalog, Summer, 2010, Frankfurt am Main.

Hajdú, Tibor. "the party did everything for you": preparing the show trial: farkas and kádár visit rajk; the interrogation of lászló rajk 7 June 1949. a transcript of the secret recording. In: The New Hungarian Quarterly, Vol. 37, Spring 1996, pp.82-86; also in: Encounters. A Hungarian Quarterly Reader. The Hungarian Quarterly Society - Balassi Kiadó, Budapest, 1999; excerpt at:  http://forum.gondola.hu/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=006542&p=2

Hegyi, Lóránd. Fehér László. Paintings 2001-2004. Kogart, Budapest, 2004.

Hemző, Károly. budapest. Corvina, 1993.

Horányi, Özséb - Matolcsy, György. essays on hungarian animated film. Hungarian Film Institute, 1976.

Konrád, György. a theatre for debate: a proposal for the mayor's advisory board (article). In: Matrix, no. 34, 1991;
"where is the writers' train headed?" Speech, Berlin, 2000.

Korniss, Péter. passing times. Corvina, 1979;
the photojournalist as a conservator of disappearing cultures. In: The Photographic Memory, ed. E. Meijer & Joon Swart. Quiller Press, London, 1988;
the guest worker. Mezőgazdasági Kiadó, Budapest, 1988;
inventory. transylvanian pictures 1967-1998.  Officina Nova, 1998;
balaton.  Text by Attila Szepesi. Magyar Könyvklub, Budapest, 2000.

Makovecz, Imre. drawings and writings.Published by:  www.serdian.hu, 2009, Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár   (Hungarian Electronic Library), 2009; also in book form by the same publisher..

Mándi, Iván. sylvia plath (essay). In: Hungarian PEN Club Bulletin, No.20, 1979, pp. 55-57.

Moholy Nagy, László. total theatre is the theatre of the future and other essays (The Theatre of the Bauhaus; On the Problem of the New Content and Form; Manifesto; Man and His House; Light Display Film; Painting and Photography; New Film Experiments; From Pigment to Light; Paths to the Unleashed Color Camera; Light-Space Modulator for an Electric Stage). In: Moholy-Nagy, ed. K. Passuth. Thames & Hudson, 1985.

Nádas Péter. a sign of her own. (On the art of Ilona Keserü.) In: Ilona Keserü Ilona, Approach, Tangle, Stream. An Investigation of Causes and Effects in Ilona Keserü Ilona's Oeuvre. Catalog. Ludwig Museum, Budapest, 2004;
on that special day of his life. afterword to the new german edition of milán füst's the story of my wife. For: Széchenyi Art Academy, 2009.

Nemeskürty, István. a short history of the hungarian cinema.  Corvina, 1980;
a pictorial guide to the hungarian cinema. Helikon, 1985.

Németh, Lajos.  csontváry.  Corvina, 1999.

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