The Homecomings of Miklós Bánffy

Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950) as member of the Count Bánffys of Losoncz family was born in Kolozsvár, and returned there twenty-six years after his death. The writer, artist, politician and cultural organizer, who had a wide-ranging and rich life, repeatedly returned to his native town to start life anew, and these homecomings continued after his death through the wavering successes of his memory and his legacy care. The memory of Miklós Bánffy was also immortalised in a marble bust by Alajos Strobl, but the site of a bronze copy of the statue, modelled by one of the greatest sculptors of the time, is still being finalised. It is our responsibility to make this monument public, to provide Miklós Bánffy memory with a symbolic tribute-place in Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca).