March 18, 2016
A group of Hungarian historians and a film crew from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) visited and filmed the Kossuth House in Washington DC on March 8, to make a documentary on Lajos Kossuth’s trip to the United States in early 1852.
The leading historian of the film crew was Laszlo Csorba, the Director-General at the Hungarian National Museum since 2010, and guest lecturer at the Indiana University between 1992 and 1993.
According to plans, the documentary will be broadcast in the second half of the year. Besides Washington DC, the film crew visited Boston and New York.
March 16, 2016
On March 15, László Nemes, director of the Oscar winning “Son of Saul”, Géza Röhrig, the lead actor, and Mátyás Erdély, cameraman, were among the artists who received the Kossuth Prize on the occasion of the anniversary of the revolution of 1848.
In addition to the “Son of Saul” film crew, János Áder, President of Hungary, awarded the Kossuth Prize to fifteen other Hungarian artists, including Miklós Benedek (actor), Adam Farkas (sculptor), Balázs "Fecó" Ferenc (composer), and Anna Kiss (poet).
March 9, 2016
“Son of Saul”, a Holocaust drama from first-time feature director László Nemes, became the first Hungarian film to win Academy Award in 35 years in Best Foreign Language Film category.
During his speech at the annual Oscar ceremony Sunday night in Los Angeles, Nemes thanked the Academy for the award and the Hungarian National Film Fund for funding the film.
“Thanks to Hungary for funding this film. I want to share this with Geza Rohrig, my main actor, and the incredible cast and crew that believed in this project when no one else did.”
The Kossuth Foundation Board of Directors met at the Bethlen Home in Ligonier, PA on February 13, 2016. Registered members may log in to view a summary article about the meeting.
Reading poems.
Poems about leaving and arriving,
about losing and finding.
Leaving the Old Country …
arriving in America.
Old social networks … broken.
Arriving in the “New World” …
finding what?
The poems explore.
The Kossuth Foundation held its second membership meeting on October 10, 2015, at the Hungarian Reformed Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The meeting was convened primarily to elect members of the Board of Directors as required by the foundation’s bylaws, and secondarily to update members on the status of the Kossuth House transfer in Washington, DC. In addition, the refugee crisis affecting Hungary was discussed. Several members of the Board and membership were present in New Brunswick, others participated by phone but the majority of those participating did so by ballots and proxies sent in prior to the meeting.
The Kossuth Foundation Board of Directors met at the Bethlen Home in Ligonier, PA on October 28, 2015. Registered members may log in to view a summary article about the meeting.
Call for Nominations
A charitable foundation like ours depends on the guidance and service of volunteers who are willing to devote personal time to help with governance and programs. Our board of directors is the governing body that provides much of that guidance and leadership. As required by our bylaws, we will hold our quadrennial board elections not later than October 15 of this year.
With the recent resignation of Mr. Steven Varga in April, we currently have a vacancy on the Foundation’s Board. Plus, several current Board members have announced that they are not seeking re-election.