In an article published in 1966, the Turkish poet and journalist Attila Ilhan argued that Turkish literature was far from having gained real recognition abroad. Is the situation substantially different now, despite the Frankfurt accolade? [ more ]
"Index" follows counter terrorism from the courtroom to the community; "Osteuropa" anticipates a renaissance of Jewish life in eastern Europe; "The Hungarian Quarterly" has it out with eastern European savages; "Dilema veche" goes undercover in Italy; "Host" asks who flies the flag of commitment; "Kulturos barai" deplores toothless journalism; "Akadeemia" celebrates academia; "Magyar Lettre Internationale" debates '68 East and West; and "Fronesis" reads Marx beyond Marxism.
is former director of the New Publicity Project of the Soros Centre for the Arts in Sofia. He lectures in literary theory at the Kliment Ochridski University in Sofia.
After 1989, cultural periodicals could have played a crucial role in forming a public sphere in Bulgaria. Instead, they must fight for a share of the market alongside an opportunistic mass media. [more]
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