Gergely Csiky

Gregor Csiky or Csik Hungarian Gergely ( born December 8, 1842 in Pâncota, Arad County, Romania, † November 19, 1891 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian writer.

Life

Csiky studied theology in Pest and Vienna, and was from 1870 to 1878 professor at the Catholic seminary in the former Temesvár. Later he joined the Evangelical Church and began his career as an author. With his novels and books on sacred architecture, he had modest success, which he tried his hand as a playwright and thus received immediate recognition in the early days.

For his stage play Az ellenállhatatlan ( Irresistible ) he received the Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The Academy praised his directness, freshness, vitality realistic, and his very own style. This was followed by, among others, the works A Proletárok ( proletariat ), Buborékok ( bubbles), Két szerelem ( Two Loves ), A szégyenlős ( The Shy ) and Athalia.

He also translated works of the classics Sophocles and Plautus in the Hungarian language. His novels Arnold and Az Atlasz csaldd ( The Atlas family ) are among his best known works.