Veronika Marék, the queen of Hungarian children’s books, the starting and relating point to many, was born in 1937, still active since her first title published in 1956.
“There was something left of the child in me, so I can think of it as a child many times, rather than thinking like an adult", she said. Generations grew up based on her books, and nowadays the children are still reading Boribon for the first time.
What's the secret? What makes her stories penetrate the heart of the toddler so straight, deep and clean? What is the charm of her simple, wise, engaging lines? The secret is that there's no secret. Stories come from Veronika Marék's instinctive love. As a child, in the possession of this knowledge, we carry in our heart a clear, simple and loving vision, a helpful, aspiring, devoted and curious openness to the world. As we grow up, unfortunately it fades. But there are some who stay there, and there are some who can pass it on to others. Veronika Marék is such an author. In her, this knowledge did not fade, retained the beauty of the childhood, and not only preserved it, but passed it on to us.
