Éva S. Balogh, the singularly dedicated editor and main contributor of Hungarian Spectrum died on November 30th of cardiac arrest. For over a decade, she dedicated her life to reporting on and analysing politics, culture and society in Hungary for English-speaking readers, diplomats and civil servants throughout Europe and North America, and for many democratically-minded Hungarians too, especially in the Diaspora.
Éva left Hungary in December 1956, arriving in Canada the following February. She obtained a B.A. in History from Carleton University in Ottawa, followed by an M.A. and PhD from Yale University, where she later taught Eastern European history.
She established the award-winning Hungarian Spectrum in 2007 and worked without rest on providing daily, quality news articles and analysis — the vast majority of which were written by her.
Éva’s unexpected death is a jarring reminder of the brittleness of human life. Her memory will live through her thousands of articles on her country of birth.
May Éva experience the fullness of peace.
–Christopher Adam
