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Hungary, 1952
brilliant essayist and main contributor to our journal Nexus

László F. Földényi

László F. Földényi is a literary critic, art historian and essayist. He started his career as a playwright, taught aesthetics, art theory and comparative literature in Budapest, contributed to many cultural magazines and published several collections of essays. In these, he writes about art, literature, philosophy and modernity and sheds light on the European cultural tradition. His essay collection Dostoyevsky Reads Hegel in Siberia and Bursts into Tears was translated into English in 2020 and gained international attention. That same year, he was awarded the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding. Since 1996, Földényi has written no less than seventeen essays for Nexus.

 

Published in

Cultura Animi
2025

The Quest for Vision in a Confused World

Cultura Animi VIII
Journal Nexus
2014

Nexus 67

School der beschaving
Journal Nexus
2012

Nexus 62

Poëzie van het leven
Journal Nexus
2011

Nexus 58

Lofzangen
Journal Nexus

Nexus 56

De terugkeer van de spoken
Journal Nexus

Nexus 55

Hoop en vertroosting
Journal Nexus
2010 or Earlier

Nexus 49

Wie is wel onderwezen?
Journal Nexus
2010 or Earlier

Nexus 46

Durf ongelukkig te zijn
Journal Nexus
2010 or Earlier

Nexus 37

Brieven
Journal Nexus
2010 or Earlier

Nexus 30-31

Na 11 september. Eigentijdse en oneigentijdse beschouwingen
Journal Nexus
2010 or Earlier

Nexus 29

De queeste van het leven Deel I. Liefde en dood
Journal Nexus
2010 or Earlier

Nexus 27

Het testament van de 20ste eeuw Deel III. Het vaarwel van de muzen
Journal Nexus
2010 or Earlier

Nexus 23

De macht van het verleden
Journal Nexus
2010 or Earlier

Nexus 15

Het testament van de 20ste eeuw Deel I. Strategieën van vergetelheid
Journal Nexus
2010 or Earlier

Nexus 14

Voor non-conformisten

Speaker at

Jeremiah.7

Conference

Nexus Conference 2024

The Quest for Vision

Saturday 16 November 2024, 11 AM - 5 PM National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam
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Symposium

Nexus Symposium

The Return of the Ghosts

11 November 2010 13.30 - 17.45 Auditorium Tilburg University
D2-105

Conference

Arts and Education

Living European Values

23 October 2004 09.00 - 17.00 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlijn
Rafael_-_El_Parnaso_(Estancia_del_Sello,_Roma,_1511)

Conference

Part III. The Muses' Farewell

The Legacy of the Twentieth Century

24 May 2000 9.30 - 22.00 Tilburg University
The Atomium

Conference

Part I. The Politics of Amnesia

The Legacy of the Twentieth Century

21 May 1996 10.00 - 20.00 Tilburg University