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Miklos Vamos

Budapest, Hungary

Miklós Vámos is a Hungarian novelist, screenwriter and talk show host. He is one of the most read and respected writers in his native Hungary. He has taught at Yale University on a Fulbright fellowship, served as The Nation’s East European correspondent, worked as consultant on the Oscar-winning film Mephisto, and presented Hungary’s most-watched cultural television show. Vámos has received numerous awards for his plays, screenplays, novels and short stories, including the Hungarian Merit Award for lifetime achievement. The Book of Fathers is considered his most accomplished novel and has sold 200,000 copies in Hungary. Close.

Miklos Vamos

Budapest, Hungary

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October 6, 2006 5:26 PM

Rich Americans Can Afford Idle Talk

Budapest, Hungary - Americans aren't obsessed, they're obese.

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October 16, 2006 12:00 PM

It's Not Just the Party, It's the Candidates

Budapest, Hungary - Where I live, not too many people care about the elections in the United States. The American continent is too far away. People do not pay attention to the details of the world politics.

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October 23, 2006 6:25 PM

Bread and Politics Don't Mix

Budapest, Hungary - One of the most demagogic ways of arguing is to deploy the "either/or" structure. Discussing Mahmoud Abbas's quotation is tricky. Food and democracy need not be traded, one for another. True, starving people might not be most interested in democratic institutions, but the destruction of a democracy does not multiply the volume of bread in a country either.

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October 28, 2006 1:48 AM

Why Have Marriage at All?

Budapest, Hungary - Most marriages end up in divorce or awful relationships. Wouldn't it be much easier to live without the institution of marriage?

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