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Móricz Zsigmond
(1879—1942)

Zsigmond Móricz was a Hungarian novelist and Social Realist. He went to school at Debreceni Református Kollégium (1891-1893), Sárospataki Kollégium (1894-1896), and in Kisujszállás (1896-1898). In 1899, he enrolled at Debreceni Református Kollégium to study theology, but transferred into law after only six months. In 1903, he began to work at Az Újság, remaining there until 1909. During the revolutionary government after World War I, he was vice president of Vörösmarty Academy. After its fall, his plays were not performed in the National Theater, and his work was published only in Nyugat and Az Est. His first wife committed suicide, and he remarried. At the end of 1929 he became the prose editor for Nyugat. He wrote about the Hungarian peasantry and issues of poverty.

Hungary, 1979, Zsigmond Móricz

Hungary, 1979.06.29, Budapest. Zsigmond Moricz