The 11^th Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival will feature a Hungarian contingent consisting of two writers and a publisher, who will participate in events in French, English and Hungarian.

Award-winning writer Krisztina Tóth is one of Hungary’s most highly acclaimed poets. Her poetry has been translated into many languages and published in English by Bloodaxe. Born in Budapest, János Lackfi is a writer and a professor at Pázmány Péter Catholic University and the editor of the journal Nagyvilág. Hungarian publisher Miklós Nagy will participate in the International Publishers’ Forum, which brings foreign and English-Canadian publishers to Montreal during the Festival for formal and informal exchanges with Quebec publishers; contacts which in turn help develop new markets for Quebec and English-Canadian publishers. 

• Event 27: On Thursday, April 23 at 9 p.m., János Lackfi and Krisztina Tóth will take part in a multilingual poetry reading. They will read their works in Hungarian.
• Event 42: János Lackfi and Krisztina Tóth will also give readings on Friday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. Writer Elaine Kalman Naves will host the event, which will be followed by questions from the audience in French, English and Hungarian.
• Event 72: On Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. Miklós Nagy will join János Lackfi and Krisztina Tóth in a panel discussion hosted by Linda Leith on how Hungary’s recent history has impacted the country’s writing today.

Blue Metropolis Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Montreal. Its core purpose is to bring together people of different cultures to share the pleasures of reading and writing in English, French and other languages. To this end, it produces a range of literary activities, educational and literacy programmes, including the multilingual Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival. Blue Metropolis Foundation plays a leadership role in the Montreal literary, educational and literacy communities as well as on the national and international scene.