János Vajda

János Vajda was born in Pest on 7 May 1827 and grew up in Vál, where his father was chief forester. After some months as a travelling actor, then as a tutor and trainee steward at Alcsút, he was one of the figures of the March 1848 youth, joined the revolutionary army and became a lieutenant. After the defeat, he was forcibly enlisted as a common soldier in the imperial army and served in Italy. A journalist isolated in political life, he married Rozália Bartos in 1880, left her two years later, and died in Budapest on 17 January 1897.

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• PoetryTwenty Years LaterHúsz év múlvaJános Vajda · 1876LiteraturePublic domain