Szivárvány, 1983 (4. évfolyam, 11. szám)

1983-09-01 / 11. szám

RAINBOW 1983/11. Literary, artistic and critical review

Published every four months

Rainbow is a publication of The Hungarian Cultural and Educational House, inc. (Magyar Ház, Chicago).

Summary

Our national classic poet, Gyula Illyés, passed away this April at the age of 81. We open this commemorative issue with his poetic "last will and testament." " Without a King”, László Cs. Szabó’s tribute to Gyula Illyés is followed by András Sütő’s farewell to the Poet.

Rainbow publishes poems of Attila Elekes (Italy), Imre Máté, László Baránszky, and Ferenc Mózsi.

Éva Saáry reflects on the last days of our contributor, Tibor Dénes.

The short stories of György Ferdinand)’, Zsolt Csalog (Budapest), and Dezső Monoszlóy are followed by Zoltán Sztáray’s remembrance of the shadows of dark Stalinism, 1951-Recsk, a selection from his work about the arrival at the labor camp.

Sociographer Gábor László Hajnal's essay describes the tragic map of suicide in today’s Hungary. Péter Gosztonyi’s study focuses on the early stages of World War II. (Don Bend)

György Faludy shares his well detailed memories of the late Hungarian-born writer Arthur Koestier.

This issue features critical reviews by Klára Takács, Béla Király, Iván Sanders, and László Baránszky, all of New York. We also include critiques by Valéria Korek (Washington), and Ferenc Mózsi. We close this issue with Klára Györgyey’s ’’Irregular Necrology”, a reflection on the late Hungarian diva Sári Megyery.

The illustrations are by Margit Chanky of Los Angeles.

This issue also marks Rainbow 's fourth year of publication.