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Ádám Makkai passed away
Outstanding polyglot linguist, poet, literary translator and regular member of HAA, Ádám Makkai passed away on 18 January 2020 aged 84. HAA regards his passing as losing one of its own.
Great Hungarian poet, József Tornai passed away
József Tornai, Artist of the Nation, regular member of HAA and one of the greatest Hungarian poets of the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st passed away on 31 January 2020 aged 92. HAA regards his passing as losing one of its own.
Erzsébet Szőnyi passed away
Erzsébet Szőnyi – the well-known composer, choir conductor, pedagogue and an Artist of the Nation, whose musical works are performed all over the world – passed away on 28 December 2019, aged 96. HAA regards her passing as losing one of its own. The funeral service is to be held at 10 a.m. on 25 January 2020 at Farkasrét Cemetery.
Exhibition of HAA in Berlin
The unique and large-scale fine art exhibition of HAA – which first opened on 5 July with the title Verstrichene Zeit – Elapsing Time in the Museum of Modern Arts in Passau (Museum Moderner Kunst), then travelled to Stuttgart in October 2019 – can now be seen in Berlin in the Hungarian Cultural Institute, the Collegium Hungaricum from 12 December 2019. The exhibition was opened by the President of HAA, György Vashegyi, then the director of Collegium Hungaricum, Márta Nagy made a welcoming speech.