Dezső Kosztolányi

Dezső Kosztolányi was born in Szabadka on 29 March 1885, the son of a physics teacher who became a school headmaster. Dismissed from secondary school after a conflict with his teachers, he took his baccalaureate in Szeged as an external candidate. He studied literature in Budapest, where he became close to Babits and Juhász, then in Vienna, and became a journalist, taking Ady's place at the Budapesti Napló. A poet, novelist and translator, he presided over the Hungarian PEN Club from 1930. Stricken with cancer from 1933, he died in Budapest on 3 November 1936.

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• NovelDarker Muses: The Poet NeroNero, a véres költőDezső Kosztolányi · 1922LiteraturePublic domain