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Hutás Pongrác Zoltán to ALG, 1981 August 17

 Item — Box: CALG 7
Identifier: CALG 7/31.13

Dates

  • Creation: 1981 August 17

Language of Materials

In English, Hungarian, French, German, Italian, and Latin.

General

Letter. 36 years have passed away since they last met in Budapest, Hungary. Then ALG showed him the letter written to the Canadian prime minister in which the provost authorizes ALG's departure for 6 months. Pongrác waived good bye to ALG and to those few lucky ones who left. Often Pongrác and ALG's old friend from Paris, Dr. Penkert Miska, have commemorated ALG. They recalled his supreme and unique intelligence, astuteness, and sense of humor. Lately Miska described ALG's world-wide fame by quoting him "I teach at the same university as Einstein". Pongrác still keeps the nice souvenir he received from ALG in Rome in 1942: a picture of St. Pongrac. Unfortunately he had to stay in Romania and has lived his life in Nagyvárad (Oradea) where he was getting nowhere. The monastic quarters is slowly dying out with only two guardians remaining: Suta Evermód and him. Moreover the provostship of Váradhegyfok has no legal status neither in front of the Romanian authorities nor in front of the General. Unfortunately nobody cares about their existence. Pongrác hears the toll of their funeral bell. He is sorry to note that Miska recently passed away. Hungarian

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Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository

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