Poet and translator Gábor Gyukics participated in the 17th Venice Poetry Festival, which took place from May 25th to 29th, 2023, with a focus on peace and humane purification.

In the organization by the Liszt Institute in Brussels and with the support of Petőfi Literary Fund, writer and poet István Kemény had the chance to participate in the poetry festival in Luxembourg.

Recipient of the Hungarian Laurel Wreath Award István Kemény presented his latest French-language poetry collection at a literary evening in Paris as part of the Show yourself! literary transfer competition.

Among the winners of the "Show Yourself!" literary transfer competition in September, Csaba Gerner also secured a spot. Together with Edina Tallér, they presented their programs in the United States

Poet and translator Dániel Varró had the opportunity to participate in the United Kingdom through the Mutasd magad! (Show Yourself!) literary transfer grant by the Petőfi Cultural Agency at the 10th anniversary event of Hungarian School in Cambridge!

The Petőfi Literary Fund participated in the Prague Book Fair held between 11-14 May, 2023 with a diverse range of programs.

Our "Show Yourself!" awardee made his debut at the international event called Literatura žije in České Budějovice, located in the Moldau river valley.

As the winner of the "Show Yourself!" literary transfer competition in March 2023, poet, writer and translator Attila F. Balázs presented his interview collection titled "The Two Sides of the Bars" in Székelyföld.

After its Budapest debut, the concert theater performance Twenty-Six Years - Private Petőfi will also be presented in Brussels. The show evoking the figure of Sándor Petőfi, the giant of poetry who was born 200 years ago, will be seen for the first time by foreign audiences in the Belgian capital. The Liszt Institute in Brussels will host the performance as part of the Petőfi Literary Fund’s bicentennial program dedicated to Petőfi.

At the Leipzig International Book Fair (Leipziger Buchmesse) organised between April 27-30 2023, the works of Ferenc Barnás, Zoltán Böszörményi, Endre Kukorelly, Andrea Tompa and Melinda Varga published in German are presented along with The Continental, an English-language journal of Central European literature. The organiser of the Hungarian pavilion and programs are the Petőfi Literary Fund and the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin.  

Albanian writer from Kosovo Ag Apolloni spent a month in Debrecen in July 2022 as a scholarship holder of the Hungarian Writers’ Residency Program. His book written in the city called "Piroska: A Fairy Tale for Adults" (Kësulëkuqja, përrallë për të rritur) was already published last year in October and due to its massive success, it was nominated for the European Union Literary Award.

The European Poetry Festival hosted representatives of European nations' poets for the sixth consecutive year. The 6th European Poetry Festival welcomes poets from European nations as its guests. As one of the largest poetry festivals in the United Kingdom, this event series is characterized by the invited poets forming pairs and creating entirely new texts together. These texts are then presented as poetry performances.

The Petőfi Literary Fund represented Hungarian literature az the London Book Fair with its own stand.

The Bologna Children's Book Fair was organized for the 60th time this year. The Petőfi Literary Fund represented Hungary with a stand showcasing the entirety of Hungarian literature.

India, the Indian literary market, and participation in the New Delhi World Book Fair has been a new territory for the Petőfi Literary Fund so far, although not without precedence.