Kisfaludy Society
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Pest (city)
Pest is the eastern, mostly flat part of Budapest, Hungary, comprising about two thirds of the city's territory. It is divided from Buda, the other part of Budapest, by the Danube River. Among its most notable parts are the Inner City, including the Hungarian Parliament, Heroes' Square and...
, founded in 1836 and named after Károly Kisfaludy
Károly Kisfaludy
Károly Kisfaludy was a Hungarian dramatist and artist, brother of Sándor Kisfaludy. He was the founder of the national drama....
, who had died in 1830. It held monthly meetings and was a major force in Hungarian literary life, giving prizes, funding the collection of folk songs, and sponsoring the publication of works like Imre Madách
Imre Madách
Imre Madách de Sztregova et de Kelecsény was a Hungarian writer, poet, lawyer and politician. His major work is The Tragedy of Man . It is a dramatic poem approximately 4000 lines long, which elaborates on ideas comparable to Goethe's Faust...
's The Tragedy of Man
The Tragedy of Man
The Tragedy of Man is a play written by the Hungarian author Imre Madách. It was first published in 1861. The play is considered to be one of the major works of Hungarian literature and is one of the most often staged Hungarian plays today. Many lines have become common quotations in Hungary...
. It dissolved in 1952.
Founding members
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Ferenc Kölcsey Ferenc Kölcsey was a Hungarian poet, literary critic, orator, and politician, noted for his support of the liberal current inside the Habsburg Empire. He wrote the national anthem of Hungary in 1823.... Ferenc Toldy Ferenc Toldy was a German-Hungarian literary critic.... Mihály Vörösmarty Mihály Vörösmarty was an important Hungarian poet and dramatist.He was born at Puszta-Nyék , of a noble Roman Catholic family. His father was a steward of the Nádasdys. Mihály was educated at Székesfehérvár by the Cistercians and at Pest by the Piarists... |
Directors
- András FáyAndrás FáyAndrás Fáy was a Hungarian poet and author.He was born at Kohány in the county of Zemplén, and was educated for the law at the Protestant college of Sárospatak. His Mesék , the first edition of which appeared at Vienna in 1820, evinced his powers of satire and invention, and won him the...
(the first director, 1837-1841) - Ferenc ToldyFerenc ToldyFerenc Toldy was a German-Hungarian literary critic....
(1841-1861, and from 1860 vice-chairman) - János AranyJános AranyJános Arany , was a Hungarian journalist, writer, poet, and translator. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 40 ballads which have been translated into over 50 languages, as well as the Toldi trilogy, to mention his most famous works.-Biography:He was born in...
(1861-1867, with József EötvösJózsef EötvösJózsef baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény was a Hungarian writer and statesman, the son of Ignacz baron Eötvös de Vásárosnamény and Anna von Lilien, who stemmed from an Erbsälzer family of Werl in Germany....
as president and Pál Gregus as secretary) - Zsigmond KeményZsigmond KeményBaron Zsigmond Kemény was a Hungarian author.-Life and work:Kemény was born in Alvinc, Transylvania to a distinguished noble family, but family feuds left him with little personal wealth. His early schooling in Nagyenyed gave him knowledge of English law, French law and German law, politics and...
(1867-1876) - Móric Lukács (1876-1879)
- Pál Gyulai (1879-1899, with Zsolt Beöthy as secretary from 1879, president 1900-1922)
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- Kornél ÁbrányiKornél ÁbrányiKornél Ábrányi, or Ábrányi Kornél in Hungarian iteration was a Hungarian pianist, music writer and theorist, and composer...
- Adolf Ágai
- Zoltán AmbrusZoltán AmbrusZoltán Ambrus was a Hungarian writer and translator.He completed gymnasium in Debrecen and Budapest and then studied law in Budapest. At the age of 18, his father died leaving him responsible for his family...
- Albert ApponyiAlbert ApponyiCount Albert Apponyi de Nagyappony was a distinguished Hungarian nobleman and politician from an ancient noble family dating back to the 13th century. He was born on 29 May 1846, in Vienna, where his father, Count György Apponyi, was the resident Hungarian Chancellor at the time...
- János AranyJános AranyJános Arany , was a Hungarian journalist, writer, poet, and translator. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 40 ballads which have been translated into over 50 languages, as well as the Toldi trilogy, to mention his most famous works.-Biography:He was born in...
- Sándor Balázs
- István Bartalus
- Antal Csengery
- Gergely Csiky
- Alajos Degré
- Gábor EgressyGábor EgressyGábor Egressy may refer to:*Gábor Egressy , Hungarian actor*Gábor Egressy , Hungarian footballer...
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- János ErdélyiJános ErdélyiJános Erdélyi was a Hungarian poet, critic, author, philosopher and ethnographist....
- István FeketeIstván FeketeIstván Fekete was a Hungarian writer, author of several youth novels and animal stories.He is perhaps best known for his youth novel Tüskevár , about two city boys' summer holiday at the corner of Lake Balaton and Zala River, their experiences, adventures, contact with Nature in its genuine form...
- Ágost Greguss
- Ferenc HerczegFerenc HerczegFerenc Herczeg was a Hungarian playwright and author who promoted conservative nationalist opinion in his country. He founded and edited the magazine Új Idők in 1895...
- Mihály HorváthMihály HorváthMihály Horváth was a Hungarian Roman Catholic bishop, historian, and politician.- External links :* * *...
- Pál Hunfalvy
- Mór JókaiMór JókaiMór Jókai , born Móric Jókay de Ásva , outside Hungary also known as Maurus Jokai, was a Hungarian dramatist and novelist.-Early life:...
- Gusztáv Keleti
- Imre MadáchImre MadáchImre Madách de Sztregova et de Kelecsény was a Hungarian writer, poet, lawyer and politician. His major work is The Tragedy of Man . It is a dramatic poem approximately 4000 lines long, which elaborates on ideas comparable to Goethe's Faust...
- Kálmán MikszáthKálmán MikszáthKálmán Mikszáth de Kiscsoltó was a major Hungarian novelist, journalist, and politician.-Biography:Mikszáth was born in Szklabonya, Upper Hungary into a family of the lesser nobility...
- Ignác Nagy
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- Albert Pákh
- Ede Paulay
- Ferenc PulszkyFerenc PulszkyFerenc Aurél Pulszky de Cselfalva et Lubócz was a Hungarian politician and writer.-Biography:He was born at Eperjes, now in Prešov in Slovakia. After studying law and philosophy at the high schools of his native town and Miskolc, he travelled abroad...
- Viktor Rákosi
- Pál Szemere
- Ede SzigligetiEde SzigligetiEde Szigligeti was a Hungarian dramatist.He was born József Szathmáry, at Nagyvárad-Olaszi . His parents would have made him a priest; he wanted to be a great doctor; finally he entered the office of an engineer...
- Mihály Szabolcska
- LászlóLászló TelekiCount László Teleki IV de Szék was a Hungarian writer and statesman. He is remembered as the author of the drama Kegyencz ....
and Sándor Teleki - Mihály TompaMihály TompaMihály Tompa , Hungarian lyric poet, was born in Rimaszombat, in the county of Gömör, his father being village bootmaker....
- Ágoston TrefortÁgoston TrefortDr. Ágoston Trefort was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education from 1872 until his death. He was the President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences from 1885.-Family:...
- János Vajda
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