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Dezső Kosztolányi
Dezső Kosztolányi was a Hungarian writer, journalist, translator, and also a speaker of Esperanto. He wrote in all literary genres, from poetry to essays to theatre plays. Building his own style, he used French symbolism, impressionism, expressionism and psychological realism. He is considered the father of futurism in Hungarian literature.
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Born 29 March 1885 · Died 3 November 1936 · Q27610
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Hungarian Heritage Award (2003).
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1936· 1 entry
Died 1936-11-03.
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1924· 1 entry
Published a volume of verse harkening back to his early work, entitled The Complaints of the Sad Man
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1910· 1 entry
His first volume of poems, The Complaints of a Poor Little Child, brought nationwide success and marked the beginning of a prolific period in which he published a book nearly every year
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1908· 2 entries
And Kosztolányi was an early contributor, one of what is often called the "first Nyugat generation", publishing mainly poetry
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Kosztolányi replaced the poet Endre Ady, who had left for Paris, as a reporter for a Budapest daily
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1903· 1 entry
Where he studied at the University of Budapest and met the poets Mihály Babits and Gyula Juhász, and later for a short time in Vienna before becoming a journalist—a profession he continued for the rest of his life
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1885· 1 entry
Born 1885-03-29.
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