Ignotus

Ignotus (Latin, " the unknown"; born Hugó Veigelsberg ) ( born November 2, 1869 in Pest; † August 3, 1949 in Budapest) was a Hungarian journalist, literary critic, poet and writer.

Life

Ignotus grew up in a German-speaking Jewish family. His father Leó Veigelsberg was chief editor of the Pester Lloyd, his son Pál Ignotus (1901-1978) was an important writer and essayist.

Ignotus doctorate in law at the University of Budapest, he became a journalist. From the year 1891 he was a staff member of the magazine A Hét, where he started in 1893 a collection of recipes in the book "Emma asszony szakácskönyve " - appeared "A Hét szakácskönyve ". In 1902 he went to the daily Magyar Hírlap. During these years he traveled Germany, Turkey, the Balkans and the United States. In 1906 he was a co-founder of the magazine " Szerda ".

In 1908 he founded with Ernő Osvát and Miksa Fenyo the literary journal Nyugat and was in years 1908-1929 her chief editor. He was the first has the originality of Endre Ady conceived (1906 ) and to the values ​​of the work of Mihály Babits pointed out (1908 ). Ignotus was thrilled by Zsigmond Móricz, 1915, he was a discoverer of Józsi Jenő Tersánszky. Ignotus was after the death of Pál Gyulai 1909, the Hungarian " literature Pope." In the revolutionary year 1919 he went to Vienna, where he continued his journalistic activities. He was also one of the first to have drawn attention to the poet Attila József ( 1926). After the death of Ernő Osvát in 1929 his name was removed from the title page of the " Nyugat ", which caused a personal and serious dispute with Babits.

Ignotus emigrated in 1938 from Vienna to Budapest to London, and then the U.S. in 1941. In 1948 he returned back the dying to Hungary.

Literary Awards

  • Pro Arte
  • Baumgarten Price ( 1949)

Works

There are no translations available.

  • A Slemil keservei (1891 )
  • Vallomások (1895 )
  • Változatok G- Huron ( 1902)
  • A Hét szakácskönyve (1902 ), ( 1906), (1908 )
  • Olvasás közben (1906 )
  • Feljegyzések (1909 )
  • Kísérletek (1910 )
  • Színházi dolgok (1912 )
  • Egy év történelem (1916 )
  • Ignotus Verseiből (1918 )
  • Ignotus novelláiból (1918 )
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