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National Széchényi Library is preparing for the Day of Hungarian Culture with the original manuscript of the Hymn and the related Erkel sheet music, a chamber exhibition on Ady, a writer workshop and the presentation ceremony of an illustrated album.

On the Day of Hungarian Culture, we await our visitors with a 50-percent discount from the annual Library registration fee! On January 22, it is much more worthwhile becoming a registered reader of the Hungarian national library.

Program:

13.00–14.30 (Room 516) “Get up and be free” – Writer Workshop led by Krisztina Rita Molnár, poet, writer and teacher. Inspiration of Endre Ady’s poetry for today's young people. Preliminary registration is required if you wish to attend the program. You can register at the following address: csoportvezetes@oszk.hu.

The Day of Hungarian Culture has been celebrated for 31 years, since 1989, on January 22, to commemorate the day in 1823 when Hungarian poet Ferenc Kölcsey finalized the manuscript of his Hymnus (Hymn) in Szatmárcseke. The poem has become the national anthem of Hungary.

Some of the databases that have been subscribed to by National Széchényi Library can now be remotely accessed by registered readers, who own a valid NSZL Reader Pass, via EduId authentication.

Currently, the following databases can be accessed via EduID:

Dear Readers, due to technical reasons, the reading rooms and exhibition spaces of National Széchényi Library will be closed earlier, at 13.30, on Wednesday December 18, 2019.

Repository queries can be submitted until 1 p.m.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

National Széchényi Library will be open for the last time in 2019 on Saturday December 21. The Library will be open again to readers on Thursday January 2, 2020. During the winter closure, the copy making and the “Birthday package” services will not be available.

“Give me your eyes” – Ady's muses and the seduction of the photograph

Literary, esthetic discussion about photography:
Léda, Csinszka on both sides of the camera, Ady in the crossfire of (female) glances, Ady in Paris photos

Discussion will be held and photos will be looked at by photo historian, museologist Csilla E. Csorba and literary historian Beatrix Visy.

The Choir of National Széchényi Library cordially invites you and your friends to its Advent concert to be held on Sunday December 8, 2019 at the Roman Catholic Church in Csömör.