Ferenc Faludi

Ferenc ( Franz ) Faludi, (* April 11, 1704 in Güssing, county Vas, † December 18, 1779 in Rechnitz, Hungarian Rohonc ) was a Hungarian poet and scholar.

Life

After studying in Güns he joined the Jesuit order and became a university professor in Graz, Linz and Vienna. From 1741 to 1746 he was Hungarian confessor in Rome, from 1753 to 1773 he was in Bratislava, the director of the high school and at times, the librarian of the Jesuit College. After the dissolution of the Jesuit order in 1773 he moved to Rechnitz, where he died in 1779.

Faludi regarded as the last representative of the Hungarian Baroque at the transition to Rococo, his style is characterized by conscious borrowings from the vernacular. He wrote songs, Eclogues and the Jesuit tragedy " Constantine Porphyrogenitus ". Of his translations is mainly the hand of the oracle of Baltasar Gracian mentioned.

Awards

  • The Faludital in the Natural Park Geschriebenstein - Irottkö bei Rechnitz is named after him.
  • Faludigasse in Güssing with plaque
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