Five books commemorating the event were already presented during Book Week in June, including ?Budapest, 1956?, written by Bob Dent, A British writer living in Budapest; ?Beyond the Wall? a volume of poetry by Ferenc Buda; and ?The Gleam of Childhood?, a novel by István Kovács.
In September, 36 books will be published on the subject of the revolution, all supported with state subsidies. The 1956 Institute will publish works by Zsuzsanna Kőrösi and Gyula Csics, and Ferenc Fejtő?s ?1956, the Hungarian Revolution? will be published by Holnap Publishing House. Fejtő?s book is one of three the publisher plans to introduce this year.
Two works by Béla Pomogáts: ?On Freedom and Tyranny? and ?The Star of Fifty-Six? will be published in September. The publishing houses Nap, Mundus, Pont and C.E.T. each plan to publish two books with state support.
Books using historic sources and containing interviews with witnesses include ?Diaries, Interviews on ?56?, edited by György Sümegi, and a two-volume publication about events which took place outside of Budapest by Attila Szakolcai and László Varga Á.
Literary diaries published this year include Mároa Ember?s ?Everything Too Late? and István Futaky?s ?My Journey to the Files?. The range of fiction connected to 1956 include the collection of short stories ?Ink Drawings Half Asleep?, Ferenc Buda?s selection of poems ?On God?s Straw? and ?1956 ? Short Stories by Hungarian Writers?.
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution examined through the eyes of foreigners is presented in ?On the Waves of Freedom ? The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution as Told by the BBC?, a book by two veterans of the BBC?s Hungarian Broadcast, Péter Pallai and Mátyás Sárközi. A Serbian author, Vladimir Popin, presents the events from the perspective of Hungary?s southern neighbour in the volume ??56 as Reflected in the Yugoslav Press?.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
