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Literature and Money
Published Jun 17, 2024
Updated Jun 17, 2024
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Translated by Owen Good
Of course you can’t make a living from it. At least not in Hungary. A writer never lives off her writing. Or only with certain preconditions: personal wealth, privately owned flat(s)/house(s), the wealth of a partner (a spouse) or parents, profitable investments, from the comfort of the proverbial jackpot. Without these privileges, living on a wage, paying rent, you have to calculate the cost of any amount of time (potentially) spent writing. And which then converts to working time of course. Meanwhile, in turn, your free time or sleeping time that ought to be reserved for recharging one’s batteries slowly dwindle. It’s a continuous juggling act of hours, energy, and attention. Wouldn’t it be nice if existential conditions didn’t determine who was most likely
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