Zsigmond Móricz

Zsigmond Móricz (June 29, 1879—September 4, 1942) was a Hungarian novelist and Social Realist.

Early life and education

He went to school at Debreceni Református Kollégium (1891-1893), Sárospataki Kollégium (1894-1896), and in Kisújszállás (1896-1898). In 1899, he enrolled at Debreceni Református Kollégium to study theology, but transferred into law after only six months.

In 1903, he began to work at Az Újság, remaining there until 1909.

During the revolutionary government after World War I, he was vice president of Vörösmarty Academy. After its fall, his plays were not performed in the National Theater, and his work was published only in "Nyugat" and "Az Est". His first wife committed suicide, and he remarried. At the end of 1929 he became the prose editor for "Nyugat".

Work

He wrote about the Hungarian peasantry and issues of poverty.

Bibliography

* "Légy jó mindhalálig" - Be Faithful Unto Death (1920)
* "Rokonok" - Relations (1932)
* "Hét krajcár" - Seven Pennies and Other Short Stories (1907)
* "Az ezüstkirály sípja. Iromba J" - Silver King’s Flute, the; Broody Jankó

References

* [http://www.babelguides.com/view/person/5992 Babelguides: Zsigmond Móricz]
* [http://mek.oszk.hu/00400/00433/00433.htm#11 Hungarian short stories]
* at the Internet Movie Database