During our European Summer School on “Prejudice, Genocide, Remembrance”, we organised a literary dinner at Auróra Community Centre in Budapest, where participants had the chance to get acquainted with Hungarian Romani literature through an introduction delivered by literary critic Teri Szűcs, and readings by contemporary Romani writers.

One of the poems recited was the following by Éva Klára Galyas, translated by Owen Good.

“There will
be days
hesitant paralysing heat
the number tattooed on your arm
the weight of impunity
trousers in a heap
blood-stained scummy, scummy locks of hair,
entombing fence
There will be days…”

Please find the summary of the event in the PDF below.