István Gyöngyösi

The native form of this personal name is Gyöngyösi István. This article uses the Western name order.

István Gyöngyösi

István Gyöngyösi (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈiʃtvaːn ˈɟøɲɟøʃi]; 1620, Rozsnyóbánya – July 24, 1704), Hungarian poet, was born into a poor but noble parents.

His early abilities attracted the notice of Count Ferenc Wesselényi, who in 1640 appointed him to a post of confidence in Fülek castle. Here he remained till 1653, when he married and became an assessor of the judicial board. In 1681 he was elected as a representative of his county at the diet held at Sopron (Ödenburg). From 1686 to 1693, and again from 1700 to his death in 1704, he was deputy lord-lieutenant of the county of Gömör.

He was the follower and competitor of the poet and warrior Miklós Zrínyi, the author of the Szigeti veszedelem, the greatest epic poem of that age. In contrast with Zrínyi's rough technique and concise performing, Gyöngyösi always wrote in mild and elaborated style with perfect rhymes, but had little sense for composition. During the 18th century, Gyöngyösi was the most popular author in Hungary; he was called the "Hungarian Ovid".

Of his literary works the most famous is the epic poem Murányi Venus (Kassa, 1664), in honour of his benefactor's wife Mária Szécsi, the heroine of Murany. Among his later productions the best known are Rózsa-Koszorú, or Rose-Wreath (1690), Porábúl meg-éledett Phoenix or Kemeny-Linos (1693), Csalárd Cupido (1695 - transcript from Ovid's Metamorphoses), Palinodia (1695) and Chariklia (1700 - verse transcript of Heliodorus' Aethiopica).

The earliest edition of his collected poetical works is by Dugonics (Pozsony and Pest, 1796); the first modern selection is that of Toldy, entitled Gyöngyösi István válogatott poétai munkái (Select poetical works of Stephen Gyongyosi, 2 vols, 1864–1865); the best and complete edition is that of Ferencz Badics, entitled Gyöngyösi István összes költeményei (Complete poetical works of Stephen Gyöngyösi, 4 vols, 1914–1937). New revised edition in separate volumes: Márssal társalkodó Murányi Venus (1998), Porábúl meg-éledett Phoenix (1999), Thököly Imre és Zrínyi Ilona házassága - Palinodia (2000), Rózsakoszorú (2002), Csalárd Cupido - Proserpina elragadtatása - Dédalus temploma - Heroida fordítások (2003), Chariclia (2005).

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gyöngyösi, István". Encyclopædia Britannica 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 767.

Hungarian literature

Early sources	Funeral Sermon and Prayer Old Hungarian Lamentations of Mary Gesta Hungarorum Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum Chronicon Pictum

15th – 17th century	Bálint Balassi Péter Bornemisza István Gyöngyösi Gáspár Heltai Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos Janus Pannonius Péter Pázmány Miklós Zrínyi

18th – 19th century	Zoltán Ambrus János Arany József Bajza János Batsányi Elek Benedek Dániel Berzsenyi Sándor Bródy Gergely Csiky Mihály Csokonai Vitéz József Eötvös Mihály Fazekas János Garay Géza Gárdonyi Ignotus Mór Jókai József Kármán József Katona Ferenc Kazinczy Zsigmond Kemény Károly Kisfaludy Sándor Kisfaludy Ferenc Kölcsey Imre Madách Kelemen Mikes Kálmán Mikszáth Sándor Petőfi István Széchenyi Ede Szigligeti Mihály Tompa János Vajda Mihály Vörösmarty

20th century	Endre Ady Lajos Áprily Mihály Babits Béla Balázs Miklós Bánffy Géza Csáth Tibor Déry György Faludy István Fekete Miksa Fenyő Jolán Földes Milán Füst Géza Gyóni Béla Hamvas Ferenc Herczeg Gyula Illyés Éva Janikovszky Attila József Gyula Juhász Margit Kaffka László Kálnoky Ferenc Karinthy Frigyes Karinthy Lajos Kassák Géza Képes János Kodolányi Károly Kós Dezső Kosztolányi Gyula Krúdy Ervin Lázár Menyhért Lengyel Iván Mándy Sándor Márai Ferenc Molnár Ferenc Móra Zsigmond Móricz Gáspár Nagy László Nagy Ágnes Nemes Nagy László Németh József Nyírő Géza Ottlik István Örkény János Pilinszky Miklós Radnóti Jenő Rejtő Sándor Reményik András Sütő Dezső Szabó Lőrinc Szabó Magda Szabó Sándor Szathmári Miklós Szentkuthy Mária Szepes Antal Szerb Áron Tamási Árpád Tóth Albert Wass Sándor Weöres Lajos Zilahy Péter Zsoldos

Contemporary	Tamás Cseh Sándor Csoóri György Dragomán Péter Esterházy Ágnes Gergely Gábor Görgey Anna Jókai Ferenc Juhász Sándor Kányádi Imre Kertész György Konrád László Krasznahorkai Endre Kukorelly László L. Lőrincz Béla Markó György Moldova Péter Nádas Ádám Nádasdy Lajos Parti Nagy Zsuzsa Rakovszky György Spiró Miklós Vámos

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