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PALOTAI Mária

The study, relevant from the point of view of press and cultural history, follows the fate of an ephemeral publishing enterprise. Following the Trianon treaty, Transylvania got under Rumanian lead, thus the institutions of literary and cultural life had to be created. As compared to Voyvodina and Slovakia, there were stronger literary and cultural traditions to rely on, still there was need for the organization of new printing offices, publishing houses and journals, and for the attraction of readers as well. At the beginning of the 1920s new journals started one after the other, though most of them ceased after a short while due to the lack of financial resources. There were only two among the publishers (the conservative Minerva and the Erdélyi Szépmíves Céh) which survived for a longer period. The first Hungarian publishing cooperation named Kaláka was formed in 1921 in Rumania. In 1923 the authors’ group related to them managed to pacify the literary right and left wing, and to take them under the same publishing umbrella. As a result of this, the Haladás society came into being in 1923 under the directorship of Jenõ Szentimrei. The publication of two journals, Pásztortûz and Vasárnapi Újság belonging to the predecessors, has also been transferred to Haladás. The first successes encouraged literates in the Vayvodina and Slovakia to join the Transylvanian enterprise. However, the ability for cooperation soon decreased due to controversies between persons and approaches, and the lack of resources also made the operation of the society difficult. Finally conservatives started to overcome the Kaláka group, and by the Spring of 1924 Haladás ceased to exist. The study gives an account of the successful last venture of Haladás, the so-called Authors’ Olympics, in which Transylvanian writers were given an opportunity to present themselves for the general public.

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