The 1920 Peace Treaty ending the First World War forever changed modern Hungary and its people as the victorious nations dismembered Hungary giving two thirds of its territory to neighbouring countries. How Hungarians fought to survive under these new circumstances, how they suffered, how they kept their Hungarian identity and values, and how they envisioned a future for themselves and their children forms the core of A Nation Dismembered. This remarkable collection by Hungary’s major poets in contemporary English translations articulates what it meant and what it means to be Hungarian, whether inside or outside the present political borders.