#ady endre

[konyvboritok]

[chaotic-so3k]

went down a wikipedia rabbithole and got reminded of Nyugat. made this gem

[hicapacity]

Adios Endre Ady! Os!

[mercutiothecat]

Hungarian culture moments with me part whatever✨️

In 1908 the first issue of the literary journal titled Nyugat [West] was pusblished, it ran twice a month until 1941. It was very important for a bunch of reasons that are not relevant right now, but getting your stuff published in the Nyugat was a great honor and they were very picky about who got to be in it (they published women too! significantly less than men, obviously, but there were women).

Now with dates and facts out of the way, here's the fun part:

We call the people who got published in this journal Nyugatosok which is a wonderful double-suffixed word that basically means "people who are published in Nyugat". Hungarian is a wonderful language isn't it? These Nyugatosok, they all knew each other, great friendships, romances and ridiculous beefs happened in this group.

Luckily for us, Nyáry Krisztián wrote three books [Így szerettek ők 1-3.] about the romantic relationships of these early 20th century Hungarian literature people, not just the ones from Nyugat. And as I was reading, I made a chart and it's so messy, soap opera levels of messy

I know (almost) no one knows who these people are and you can't even read the names most of the time because my handwriting is not great but just... look at it.

[hiddenintheyard]

similarities between my favourite artists: romantic partner as daughter or mother (ft. references to inner child etc.)

sources:

John Lennon: The Last Interview (Rolling Stone); 1980

The Beatles: Happiness is a warm gun; 1968

The Beatles: Julia; 1968 (p. 3-4)

John Lennon: Woman; 1980

József Attila: Gyermekké tettél* (You made me a child; p. 6-7); 1936

József Attila: Óda* (Ode; p. 8-9); 1933

Ady Endre: Valamikor lányom voltál* (You once had been my daughter); 1907

Ady Endre: Mária és Veronika*; 1907

Petőfi Sándor: Szeretlek, kedvesem!* (I love you, my dear); 1848

*all translated by me (or butchered by me). Also. Hungarian names are in hungarian name order.

[tartsdmegazaprot]

Ady Endre – A mindegy átka

Sorakoznak s elfutnak a hetek,

Mintha kórház-szagtól futnának.

Talán nem volt soha ilyen beteg

Az Élet, mely szennyesen bukdos

S nem tud eljutni tiszta kúthoz.

Máskor se volt itt élni jó dolog,

De viharok sűrübben jöttek

És többen voltak zúgó bátorok.

Most már a reménytelen Mindegy

Túlságosan meggyőzött minket.

A Mindegy, mi ma mindent összetör,

A lágy ujjakat összefonja,

Hogy nem szorul össze az ököl.

S hogy itt még valami teremjen,

Gyertek, menjünk a Mindegy ellen.

Igenis: kell a bátor lobbanás

S nem élet, hogyha nem kiáltjuk,

Hogy minden vannál mindig jobb a más.

Gyujtsuk ki jól a sziveinket:

Csak azért se győzhet a Mindegy.

1913

[honourshunor]

huszárbajszos konyhásnénik?

[holdakcsillagok]

— Ady Endre levele Brüll Adélhoz, részlet, 1905