2024. April 25. Thursday
Dezső Laczkó Museum - Veszprém
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Address: 8200, Veszprém Török Ignác u. 7.
Phone number: (88) 789-791
E-mail: titkar@ldm.hu
Opening hours: Thu-Sat 10-18
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2015.03.20. - 2015.12.20.
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"I belong to the fourteen million people who speak the world's most beautiful and most wonderful, richest and most mystical language: Hungarian."
The writer, journalist and traveller Lajos Kutasi Kovács is a major figure of Hungarian emigrant's western literature.
He was born in Veszprém in 1920. His first literary publication was from 1941. In 1942 he began his work as a journalist. He worked for the 'Veszprém Hírlap' as an assistant editor for two years, and then he moved to Budapest where he also worked as a journalist. In 1945 he left the country and lived in refugee camps in West Germany for four years.
In 1949 he moved to South America. He edited the South American Hungarian News in Sao Paulo for two decades. He was in the management of several emigrant cultural organization: he was a lector for the Munich Literary Circle, dean for the Könyves Kálmán Free University in Sao Paulo Coloman dean, director of the Brazilian Internacional Feature Service. He worked as a correspondent for the Radio Free Europe and the BBC. As a member of the International PEN Club, he participated in cultural and literary scene. During the last two years of his life, he was the editor of The Hungarian Mirror in England.
He studied the history of the American continent as well as the history and ethnography of the indigenous population. In 1965, he participated in archaeological excavations in South America. In the period from 1974 to 1989 he did field trips to North and South America. Ever since 1972, he regularly publishes books and studies in Hungary, many of his writings were featured in the journal New Horizon. In 1992 he was honoured by his hometown of Veszprém with the City Medal. For his outstanding work in travelogue literature, the Hungarian Geographical Society awarded him with the Teleki Sámuel Medal in 1995.
His ethnographic collection is located in the Hungarian Geographical Museum of Érd. Some of his other literary manuscripts are included in the Laczkó Dezső Museum of Veszprém.
The exhibition traces and describes in detail the life of Lajos Kutasi Kovács, the years he spent in Veszprém, Germany, South America, London. The exhibition, among others, features his study in London as well as a significant selection from his Native American collection.
The writer, journalist and traveller Lajos Kutasi Kovács is a major figure of Hungarian emigrant's western literature.
He was born in Veszprém in 1920. His first literary publication was from 1941. In 1942 he began his work as a journalist. He worked for the 'Veszprém Hírlap' as an assistant editor for two years, and then he moved to Budapest where he also worked as a journalist. In 1945 he left the country and lived in refugee camps in West Germany for four years.
In 1949 he moved to South America. He edited the South American Hungarian News in Sao Paulo for two decades. He was in the management of several emigrant cultural organization: he was a lector for the Munich Literary Circle, dean for the Könyves Kálmán Free University in Sao Paulo Coloman dean, director of the Brazilian Internacional Feature Service. He worked as a correspondent for the Radio Free Europe and the BBC. As a member of the International PEN Club, he participated in cultural and literary scene. During the last two years of his life, he was the editor of The Hungarian Mirror in England.
He studied the history of the American continent as well as the history and ethnography of the indigenous population. In 1965, he participated in archaeological excavations in South America. In the period from 1974 to 1989 he did field trips to North and South America. Ever since 1972, he regularly publishes books and studies in Hungary, many of his writings were featured in the journal New Horizon. In 1992 he was honoured by his hometown of Veszprém with the City Medal. For his outstanding work in travelogue literature, the Hungarian Geographical Society awarded him with the Teleki Sámuel Medal in 1995.
His ethnographic collection is located in the Hungarian Geographical Museum of Érd. Some of his other literary manuscripts are included in the Laczkó Dezső Museum of Veszprém.
The exhibition traces and describes in detail the life of Lajos Kutasi Kovács, the years he spent in Veszprém, Germany, South America, London. The exhibition, among others, features his study in London as well as a significant selection from his Native American collection.
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