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.
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Miklos Vamos
Budapest, Hungary
Miklós Vámos is a Hungarian novelist, screenwriter and talk show host.
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Well Hungarians must have a sense of humor if you are considered a leading literary light and now presume to be a moral guide against your sources of degradation.
Hungary apparently desires to be a small country, with small expectations. This in spite of or maybe because of the oppressions and aggressions it underwent in the 20th century.
For the most part, East Europeans desire to see themselves as children in short pants, orphans from broken homes who should be treated sensitively and helped to better futures.
Unfortunately economies and newly avaracious neighbors complicate this ideal view.
What can Hungary bring to the table to better a European economy? Miklos doesn't know and doesn't care.
What role should Hungary play in keeping Russia out of East Europe;s backyard and its religous and ethnic instabilities under control? Miklos doesn't know and doesn't care.
Except in 1956, Hungary has not shown us a face of grown men fighting for their rights.
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Well Hungarians must have a sense of humor if you are considered a leading literary light and now presume to be a moral guide against your sources of degradation.
Hungary apparently desires to be a small country, with small expectations. This in spite of or maybe because of the oppressions and aggressions it underwent in the 20th century.
For the most part, East Europeans desire to see themselves as children in short pants, orphans from broken homes who should be treated sensitively and helped to better futures.
Unfortunately economies and newly avaracious neighbors complicate this ideal view.
What can Hungary bring to the table to better a European economy? Miklos doesn't know and doesn't care.
What role should Hungary play in keeping Russia out of East Europe;s backyard and its religous and ethnic instabilities under control? Miklos doesn't know and doesn't care.
Except in 1956, Hungary has not shown us a face of grown men fighting for their rights.
When you grow up let us know.
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Posted on December 31, 2008 15:00