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Hungarian culture is in the middle of a major upheaval. A new law on cultural policy emphasises the aim to preserve national culture and strengthen national identity. Via a Culture Council the state gets influence over both the organization and content of cultural institutions.
How does this affect writers, artists, and other cultural workers? In the UK, populist nationalism has divided society over Brexit and nostalgia for an imagined past is charting the country’s course for the future. How free is literature in a politicised society – in Hungary and in other parts of Europe?
Scottish writer A. L. Kennedy and fellow Hungarian author Zsófia Bán discuss with the director of the European Literature Network, Rosie Goldsmith, on literature and politics.
? Check out the full programme of the event.
? Watch the opening talk, with Timothy Garton Ash.
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