THE DUST OF MY EXISTENCE (LÉTEM PORA) - Zoltán Böszörményi A void inside me urges me on to great things, I’ve become the crow’s nest of zealous words. Weakness holds out the fulfillment of strength. It halts. It comes to life in creative works. INTRODUCTION TO ZOLTÁN BÖSZÖRMÉNYI’S POETRY Most poets can be best described by the environment that formed them, but what can you say about Zoltán Böszörményi, who largely formed his own environment? He was born Transylvanian-Hungarian in Romania where Hungarians form a barely tolerated ethnic minority, where it would have been much easier for him to accept the majority identity and all the advantages that came with it. Yet, he chose to identify himself as a Hungarian and nourish his mind on Hungarian history and cultural heritage, a choice that eventually had a definitive role in his poetic consciousness...............
