News, events

NSZL at International Book Festival Budapest

2016/04/19

National Széchényi Library will participate in the 23rd International Book Festival Budapest between April 21 and 23, 2016 in Millenáris Park. You can purchase our publications at a discount price at stand 48/b in Building “B” of Millenáris.

Chapters from the history of Italian-Hungarian heritage, Part 4

2016/04/15

Our Library cordially invites you and your friends to the fourth evening of a series of film screenings entitled “Italian-Hungarian heritage”. The event will begin at 5 p.m. on Thursday April 21, 2016. The three films to be presented are the following: Imre Ámos, the Hungarian Chagall, Miracle in Milan and Rome – Zsuzsa Szőnyi and Mátyás Triznya and Attracted by Italy – sculptor Róbert Csíkszentmihályi.

St. Martin's legacy – conference

2016/04/12

On April 14 and 15, a scientific conference entitled Martinus pauper et dives – St. Martin’s legacy will be held in Budapest and Pannonhalma. Two colleagues of National Széchényi Library also contributed to the realization of the event.

Málenkij robot, remembrance – conference

2016/04/13

The International Association of Gulag Researchers will hold a conference entitled “Gulag Researchers, 7th District of Budapest, Carpathian Basin – Málenkij robot, remembrance” in National Széchényi Library. Registration is required for those who wish to attend.

Works of Aladár Kuncz in Transylvania

2016/04/12

Published jointly by NSZL and Kriterion Publishing House, the first two volumes of the Collected Works of Aladár Kuncz were presented in Nagyvárad (Oradea). The books were presented last weekend by the editors of the volume series at a local festival entitled Holnap után (The Day after Tomorrow).

In Plural – exhibition in Székesfehérvár

2016/04/11

An exhibition entitled “In Plural – Everyday Life of World War I and the Reality of Wartime Days” will be opened in Székesfehérvár at 5 p.m. on April 14, 2016. The exhibition was organized jointly by the Hungarian National Museum and National Széchényi Library.

Hence and Beyond the River Danube… – exhibition

This exhibition, which is primarily a modest book review of mutual Slovak-Hungarian translation literature, also makes an attempt, in a cultural space of dual attachment and vision, to present the man who aims at breaking down mental limits and bridging the existing physical borders.

Hence and Beyond the River Danube – opening ceremony

2016/04/11

A chamber exhibition related to the event series of the 23rd International Book Festival Budapest will be opened on April 15, 2016 on Floor 6 of National Széchényi Library. The exhibition features Slovak-Hungarian and Hungarian-Slovak translation literature.

Jewish Manuscripts and Ceremonial Objects – exhibition opening ceremony

2016/04/11

The exhibition presenting Jewish literacy is part of the BudapestArtWeek program series. The opening ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. on Tuesday April 19, 2016.

The map-making hussar officer

Hussar officer János Lipszky was born 250 years ago, on April 10, 1766. He was famous not so much for his military deeds as for what he had achieved in the field of Hungarian science and culture. Celebrating the 250th anniversary of János Lipszky’s birth, National Széchényi Library and the National Archives of Hungary organized a memorial exhibition.