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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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If I had created the world, I would not have created cars, for Christ’s sake. Or cell phones. Cars drive my crazy, as do cell phones. Hélas -- and thank God -- I wasn’t the one given the job of...

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Zoltan:

Miklós, one of the main problems of Budapest are the extreme centralization of Hungary: 2 million Hungarians out of 10 live in Budapest. That's as bad as in France (12M in Paris out of 60).

Budapest's public transportation is not that bad. What is missing are appealing economic, cultural and industrial activities in smaller cities. Small cities are really frightening (have you ever been to Püspökladány ?) of boredom.

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