The Canadian-American Review of Hungarian Studies - Vol. 4 ... - EPA
The Canadian-American Review of Hungarian Studies - Vol. 4 ... - EPA The Canadian-American Review of Hungarian Studies - Vol. 4 ... - EPA
from teaching in 1968, Kirkconnell had accumulated some 2,000 volumesof New Canadian books. The priceless collection has beenrecently deposited in Acadia University's library. 42Only a small proportion of this collection consists of works written byHungarian-Canadian authors. The earlier volumes include the poetsGyula Izsak, Sarolta Petenyi, and Rozsa Pall Kovacs, as well as thejournalist Gusztav Nemes and the historian Pal Santha. The post-1956collection of Hungarian works is more voluminous. It is filled by thepoetical works of Ferenc Fay, AndrasTamas, Marton Kerecsendi Kis,and others, the anthologies published by the Canadian HungarianAuthors' Association (Kanadai Magyar Irok Kore) under the editorshipof Janos Miska, as well as other works published by Hungarianauthors in Canada often with the help of such organizations as theCalgary-based Szechenyi Society and the Helicon Society of Toronto. 43Expressions of GratitudeDuring his long and distinguished career Professor Kirkconnell hadbeen honoured by universities, learned societies, governments and civicand ethnic organizations. He had been awarded honorary degrees byover a dozen Canadian and European universities. Decorations andother honours were bestowed on him by the Order of the IcelandicFalcon, the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Royal Society of Canada,the Polish Academy of Literature, the French Historical Institute, theHumanities Research Council of Canada and other learned societiesand civic associations.Hungarians have also paid tribute to him. Kirkconnell's verse translationsof Magyar poetry earned him homage from many poets andscholars in Hungary. 44 Following his invitation to join Hungary's PetofiSociety in 1932, another literary academy, the Kisfaludy Society, alsovoted him membership. This Society also bestowed on Kirkconnell itsIllustrations on the opposite page, top: Kirkconnell receiving theAmerican Hungarian (Studies) Foundation's George WashingtonAward at the Plaza Hotel, New York City, April, 1967.Watson Kirkconnell and Zoltan Gomhos. Bottom: Kirkconnelland other celebrities at the same function: from left to right: PaulA. Radnay, Hans Selve, Watson Kirkconnell, Gydrgy Kepes,Marcel Bauer, Donald S. Harrington, Alexander Nekam. Photographyby Bela Cseh, New York.
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from teaching in 1968, Kirkconnell had accumulated some 2,000 volumes<strong>of</strong> New <strong>Canadian</strong> books. <strong>The</strong> priceless collection has beenrecently deposited in Acadia University's library. 42Only a small proportion <strong>of</strong> this collection consists <strong>of</strong> works written by<strong>Hungarian</strong>-<strong>Canadian</strong> authors. <strong>The</strong> earlier volumes include the poetsGyula Izsak, Sarolta Petenyi, and Rozsa Pall Kovacs, as well as thejournalist Gusztav Nemes and the historian Pal Santha. <strong>The</strong> post-1956collection <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hungarian</strong> works is more voluminous. It is filled by thepoetical works <strong>of</strong> Ferenc Fay, AndrasTamas, Marton Kerecsendi Kis,and others, the anthologies published by the <strong>Canadian</strong> <strong>Hungarian</strong>Authors' Association (Kanadai Magyar Irok Kore) under the editorship<strong>of</strong> Janos Miska, as well as other works published by <strong>Hungarian</strong>authors in Canada <strong>of</strong>ten with the help <strong>of</strong> such organizations as theCalgary-based Szechenyi Society and the Helicon Society <strong>of</strong> Toronto. 43Expressions <strong>of</strong> GratitudeDuring his long and distinguished career Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Kirkconnell hadbeen honoured by universities, learned societies, governments and civicand ethnic organizations. He had been awarded honorary degrees byover a dozen <strong>Canadian</strong> and European universities. Decorations andother honours were bestowed on him by the Order <strong>of</strong> the IcelandicFalcon, the Order <strong>of</strong> Polonia Restituta, the Royal Society <strong>of</strong> Canada,the Polish Academy <strong>of</strong> Literature, the French Historical Institute, theHumanities Research Council <strong>of</strong> Canada and other learned societiesand civic associations.<strong>Hungarian</strong>s have also paid tribute to him. Kirkconnell's verse translations<strong>of</strong> Magyar poetry earned him homage from many poets andscholars in Hungary. 44 Following his invitation to join Hungary's Pet<strong>of</strong>iSociety in 1932, another literary academy, the Kisfaludy Society, alsovoted him membership. This Society also bestowed on Kirkconnell itsIllustrations on the opposite page, top: Kirkconnell receiving the<strong>American</strong> <strong>Hungarian</strong> (<strong>Studies</strong>) Foundation's George WashingtonAward at the Plaza Hotel, New York City, April, 1967.Watson Kirkconnell and Zoltan Gomhos. Bottom: Kirkconnelland other celebrities at the same function: from left to right: PaulA. Radnay, Hans Selve, Watson Kirkconnell, Gydrgy Kepes,Marcel Bauer, Donald S. Harrington, Alexander Nekam. Photographyby Bela Cseh, New York.
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