Ferenc Faludi

Hungarian poet

Ferenc Faludi (born in Güssing on 11 April 1704; died in Rechnitz on 18 December 1779) was a Hungarian poet who has been referred to as "the father of the new Hungarian lyric."^[1] Because of Suppression of the Society of Jesus^[2] he switched to being in charge of a poorhouse. Before that he had been known as a Jesuit educator, writer, and translator. He spoke near-fluent German and translated William Shakespeare's The Tempest into Hungarian. In addition to that he collected Hungarian folk poetry.^[3]

References

^ Tezla, Albert (1970). Hungarian Authors; a Bibliographical Handbook by Albert Tezla, pg 154. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674426504. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
^ Abulafia, David (2011). The Mediterranean in History edited by David Abulafia, pg 268. Getty Publications. ISBN 9781606060575. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
^ Makkai, Adam (1996). In Quest of the 'miracle Stag' edited by Adam Makkai, pg 113. Atlantis-Centaur. ISBN 9780964209404. Retrieved 2013-11-30.