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Gyula Illyés
Hungarian writer
Quick Facts
- Born:
- Nov. 2, 1902, Racegres, Austria-Hungary [now in Hungary]
- Died:
- April 14, 1983, Budapest (aged 80)
- Notable Works:
- “People of the Puszta”
Gyula Illyés (born Nov. 2, 1902, Racegres, Austria-Hungary [now in Hungary]—died April 14, 1983, Budapest) was a Hungarian poet, novelist, dramatist, and dissident, a leading literary figure in Hungary during the 20th century. Illyés supported the short-lived soviet republic led by Béla Kun (1919). Sought by the police, Illyés went to Vienna, then to Berlin and to Paris, where he completed his education at the Sorbonne. He returned to Hungary in 1926 and soon became a contributor to the literary review Nyugat (“The West”), which was edited from 1929 by his friend and mentor Mihály Babits. Eventually becoming editor of ...(100 of 227 words)