On the 230th anniversary of Count István Széchenyi's birth, the Széchenyi Foundation pays tribute to the greatest Hungarian with the publication "Credit or The Basics Of Happiness". Széchenyi's main work, Credit, was published in 1830. At the suggestion of our foundation, the intellectual legacy of Count István Széchenyi became a Hungarian museum in 2014.
Source: Széchenyi Forum
Difficult to read due to its complicated language, Hitel was transcribed into modern Hungarian in 2016 by a team at the initiative of the Széchenyi Foundation, and for the sake of comprehensibility, it was provided with notes so that the content did not change a bit, but Széchenyi's thoughts became fluently read and easy to understand. Hitel is a current, enjoyable and uplifting read that represents literary value, despite the fact that the author's reform ideas are read in the context of the past.
In fact, transcription made it possible to translate Széchenyi's main work into foreign languages. The foundation was also guided by the experience that other nations do a lot to make their greats known all over the world. We also have someone to be proud of! We cannot wait for others, our task is to present Széchenyi to the world!
With the English edition of Hitel, our goal is that second- and third-generation members of families with Hungarian roots living in English-speaking countries - who can hardly understand a selection of texts in Hungarian, but are interested in their roots - can get to know the Hungarian past through the largest Hungarian world. For them, this publication can be an indispensable help. - formulated by Miklós Buday, president of the Széchenyi Foundation.
Source: MTI-OS
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