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The Myth of the Suffering Artist (an essay)
THE MYTH OF THE SUFFERING ARTIST
As far as I see it, in Hungary many intellectuals (including various writers and readers) still believe in the long-outdated stereotype of the suffering artist. We tend to think that a great actor, painter or poet functions as the aesthetic and moral compass or the immune system of society. They must not, therefore, make any artistic or ethical compromises, even if this means risking their own well-being. Ideally, they should be unacknowledged in their lifetime, of necessity poor, alcoholics at the very least, but preferably suicidal. Once these boxes have been checked, we’re talking about a serious Eastern European oeuvre. Contrast this to the global West, especially the U.S., where people grow up thinking that a poet is a civil rights activist, a


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