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Congregation Emanu-El Adult Education Committee is pleased to present a talk听Innocence Stolen: Hungary, the Shoah and the Revolution of 鈥�56听at the synagogue,听听on听Tuesday, November 28 at 7:00 pm听by听Endre Farkas, author of听Never, Again, a听story set in post-war Communist Hungary.听Farkas, the son of Holocaust survivors who escaped with his parents during the 1956 Hungarian uprising and settled in Montreal, is a poet, playwright and novelist.听 He recently visited Hungary and will speak about what has and what has not changed since the revolution. Admission is by donation.
The main character in听Never, Again听is a seven year old boy, who has his innocence stolen by the ugliness of the underbelly of the Hungarian revolution that turns anti-Semitic. There is a parallel with the loss of youth endured by his parents who end up in concentration camps at the ages of 18 and 21.听Farkas听will base his talk around this theme,听Innocence Stolen, and read a couple of short excerpts from his book听Never, Again听and a sampling from his book of poems听Surviving Words听which deal with the same theme. If time permits, he will talk a little about his last visit to Hungary, and what has and what has not changed since the revolution.
听Estival
The son of Holocaust survivors,听Endre Farkas听was born in Hajdun谩n谩s, Hungary. He escaped with his parents during the 1956 Hungarian uprising and settled in Montreal. A poet, playwright and now novelist,听Farkas听has published nine books of poetry 鈥� including听Murders in the Welcome Caf茅, Romantic at Heart & Other Faults, How To, and听Quotidian Fever, New and Selected Poems, and has had two plays produced 鈥斕�Haunted House, which is based on the life and work of the poet A.M. Klein, and听Surviving Wor(l)ds, an adaptation of his book of poems听Surviving Words. He collaborated with poet Carolyn Marie Souaid on the video poem听Blood is Blood, which won first prize at The Berlin International Poetry Film Festival in 2012.听Farkas听has given readings throughout Canada, USA, Europe and Latin America. He is also the two-time regional winner of the CBC Poetry Face-Off competition. His poems have been translated into French, Spanish, Hungarian, Italian, Slovenian and Turkish.
