Áder Voices Condolences To Esterházy Family
- 18 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
President János Áder has sent his condolences in a letter to the family of author Péter Esterházy, who died on Thursday. The press chief of the president told MTI that it was up to the family to decide whether the letter would be published.
On Friday evening, readers and fellow-authors held a vigil and read out passages from Esterházy’s works in the garden of the Petőfi Literary Museum in Budapest.
Simultaneously, a similar event was held in the main square of Sfântu Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyörgy), in central Romania, to pay tribute to the author.
Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.
MTI photo: Kovács Tamás
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