Giorgio Pressburger
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
"I want to start by thanking fate that led me to discover, by chance, what it really means to belong to the human community of the living and the dead. " - G.P.
An adventurous life marked by great artistic and cultural vigour, constant study and research, and a propensity for knowledge, confrontation and dialogue. Giorgio Pressburger, born György (b. Budapest, 21 April 1937 – d. Trieste, 5 October 2017) was a Hungarian writer, journalist, playwright and director, naturalized Italian, one of the most significant figures in the cultural landscape of the 20th century.
A borderless Mitteleuropean intellectual with a strong innovative spirit, shaped by and actively involved in the great upheavals of the 20th century that had left visible scars on him. His personal story and family history are somehow magically intertwined with the recollections of the century, evoking its stories, violence, art and passions.
THE PRESSBURGER BROTHERS WEARING THE YELLOW STAR, GIORGIO (RIGHT), HIS TWIN BROTHER NICOLA (LEFT) AND THEIR OLDER BROTHER. CENTRO STUDI "BELLI-ARGIRIS" - HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF THE TEATRO LIRICO SPERIMENTALE DI SPOLETO "A. BELLI" - GIORGIO PRESSBURGER FUND
Copyrights
Since 2017, in accordance with Pressburger’s will, Mauro Caputo, who was both his friend and collaborator (now founder and president of the Association), has been the curator of the rights to all of his literary, theatrical, cinematographic, radio and journalistic works, which he protects in Italy and around the world.
Upon request, the Association provides information on copyright issues, such as the granting of licences for the use, publication and reproduction of works.
GIORGIO PRESSBURGER AND MAURO CAPUTO AT THE VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
The Pressburger Collection
The Collection represents a tribute to Giorgio Pressburger and his 20th century. Created and curated by Mauro Caputo, it constitutes an important private collection of works, documents, personal objects, historical materials and much more. The materials on display also refer to some important Italian and Hungarian intellectuals who collaborated with Pressburger during his long international career, such as Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész, Péter Esterházy, Cesare Garboli, Claudio Magris and others.
SOME OBJECTS FROM THE COLLECTION THAT BELONGED TO GIORGIO PRESSBURGER
The Exhibition
The Association promotes and realises exhibition projects dedicated to the enhancement of the G.P. Collection, the memory of Giorgio Pressburger and the dissemination of knowledge of his works.
In particular, the exhibition ‘Giving Thanks to Fate. Journey Through the Century of Giorgio Pressburger’, is a tribute to the great intellectual and his many prestigious collaborations throughout his long international career. It offers a glimpse into the past century and human creativity in general. An intense journey of reflection that begins in Budapest’s 8th district, the exhibition is far from being a straight and ordered sequence of chronological events. It is rather a stream of consciousness that wavers between past, present and future, to discover how “all lives are intertwined with each other”.
28 MAY 1974, G.P. RECEIVES THE PIRANDELLO PRIZE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, GIOVANNI LEONE. CENTRO STUDI "BELLI-ARGIRIS" - HISTORICAL ARCHIVE OF THE TEATRO LIRICO SPERIMENTALE DI SPOLETO "A. BELLI" - GIORGIO PRESSBURGER FUND
Photo Gallery
The Trilogy - Sul Fondo Della Coscienza (In the Depth of the Consciousness)
In 2022, as a tribute marking the fifth anniversary of Pressburger’s death, Luce-Cinecittà presented a special boxed edition of films featuring the intellectual as a protagonist.
L'orologio di Monaco (The Munich Clock)
“An intense and poignant cinematic tale, strong yet discreet, that delivers the message not only through stories told by men but also through landscapes, objects, the traces of men who have lived on this earth”. Claudio Magris
Il profumo del tempo delle favole (The Scent of Fairytale Time)
“A precious testimony that turns into a profound investigation of the human soul”. National Union of Italian Film Journalists – SNGCI
La legge degli spazi bianchi (The Law of White Spaces)
“The trilogy closes with a moving testamentary reflection on the meaning of existence, memory and, more generally, the ‘meaninglessness’ of human life, to which no answers can be given. Beautiful and moving”. Paolo Mereghetti
