About

I’m Ilona Nótár. My mother’s daughter, the mother of two daughters. Gypsy in my heart, Hungarian in my soul, a writer. Teacher. Pedagogue. Researcher.

I’m not writing my CV here, you can read it below. If you’re interested, that is.

I have a motto, and it is not some famous quote. I quote myself, because I have dug out from myself the words that formed the river bed for me. I can flow in that. I am a small river, I am making my own bed where none has been before. Sometimes my fate takes me on untread roads, among faceless strangers, all alone. I have been told so many times: ’well, this is too much, I can’t do that’, or ’I can’t understand that’, ’because I am a Gypsy’, that I have learnt to feel able to do anything that you, dear reader, feel able to do. Thanks for the lesson; thank God I’m a fast learner.

Success? I draw the line for myself quote low – which for others is incredibly high – : I want to be the creek that you can immerse yourself in, cools you down, you can play in it, but doesn’t create a border between people. If that succeeds, I’m done. I am trying to fill in the cracks and create a bridge between people: between one Person and the other. If you ask my what my job is: it’s this. I fill cracks. I teach if necessary: children, teenagers, adults and elderly. I play with them and get serious, communicate and resolve crises, write, clean up, talk, cry, laugh and educate. And I also hug.

I’m studying now too. I want to be a professional helper. Those who choose this profession understand and don’t need an explanation, those who don’t understand would think my words are nonsense anyway. Stupidities. I don’t waste my time on trying to convince them, because I have lots of other things to do: to fill the cracks. If I can.

This is why I write stories. They are not very beautiful. Because I’m not a liar. Neither am I two-faced: I have many faces. Write this into my CV: once my younger daughter Lili, who is my hero, said to me: „Mum, I’ve only known one person in my life who was not two-faced, and that’s you.” Well, that’s something. The rest will form by itself.

I’m too much. I’m a shock. A ?? in many people’s eyes. But I’m not more than what you see: I don’t take on pretend colors and I don’t hide the ones I have. Deal with it: all this and nothing more: this is me.

Read this page, look into the thousand faces of a woman. If you look deep enough, I swear you’ll see your own face somewhere too. I have included you. No matter if you’re a Man; you’re human, just like the Woman is. You have a calling.

This page is about me, but hopefully about you too.

This page is about me, but hopefully about you too.

Motivation letter – Ilona Nótár
Curriculum Vitae – Ilona Nótár
Volunteer work – Ilona Nótár

You can read about my work (intercultural communication, health communication education), my professional experiences (abroad and at home, at university and in small schools, at foundations and NGOs, in the street and squares, in the ghetto), you can read my short stories and even whole books, you can follow my waves and find your place in them.

Get ready, be brave and come with me! I’ll show you around. Just click 🙂