Orbán János Dénes’ nonprofit pays over 400 million for his own literary rights

The state‑funded nonprofit Kárpát‑medencei Tehetséggondozó Nonprofit Kft. (KMTG), founded in 2015 to support young literary talent, paid 412 421 620 forint (about €1.16 million) to acquire the usage rights for nine works of its founder and professional director, poet Orbán János Dénes. The contracts were signed between March 2025 and April 2026 and grant rights for five‑to‑six years, ending in 2031‑32. Public procurement records show that KMTG bought rights only from Orbán János Dénes, with no comparable purchases from other authors, and that the organisation receives tens of billions of forints in state funding. Critics note the conflict of interest, pointing out that the amount exceeds the cash prize of the 2024 Nobel Literature Award (≈ 385 million forint). The episode has sparked debate over the transparency and allocation of public cultural funds in Hungary.