Élet és Irodalom (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈeːlɛt ˈeːʃ ˈirodɒlom], also known as ÉS; meaning Life and Literature in English) is a weekly Hungarian magazine about literature and politics.

Élet és Irodalom was first published as a literary magazine on 15 March 1957.

[1] In the 1960s its content expanded to include issues of public life in addition to literature.

"[2] Élet és Irodalom was one of the independent publications in Hungary in the late 1990s.

[3] The magazine is considered a postmodernist and politically left liberal[1] periodical, politically close to the left-wing parties such as Hungarian Socialist Party and Alliance of Free Democrats.