Petőfi was already an important member of Hungarian public life at the age of 26, when he disappeared forever in the battle of Segesvár in the 1848/49 War of Independence. We photographed young Hungarians aged 26 who are also successful, but in today's Hungarian society. We interviewed these young people who have been on Forbes magazine's annual "30 successful Hungarians under 30" list in recent years and asked them:
"What are the big issues your generation is concerned with? What do you think Sándor Petőfi should write a poem about if he were alive today?"

ALBERT WETTSTEIN
CO-FOUNDER OF MUNCH

"Today we face new kinds of struggles: the technological explosion, the environmental crisis, the loneliness, and the uncertainty of the future pose new challenges. We can all become heroes if we are brave enough to stand up and fight for the matters we care about. My struggle is to fight waste. Petőfi would ask today: what is the very matter that you are fighting for?”

Photo: Róbert László BÁCSI