Imre Madách

Mihály Zichy , illustration for The Tragedy of Man

Imre Madách (pronunciation: [ ˈimrɛ ˈm⁠ɒdaːʧ ], born January 20, 1823 in Alsósztregova , Kingdom of Hungary , Austrian Empire ; † October 5, 1864 ibid) was a Hungarian playwright .

Life

Madách came from a noble Upper Hungarian landowner family. He studied law and became a civil servant in the Neograd County Administration . After the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1848 , he was imprisoned for hiding someone who was persecuted. During this detention, his marriage failed. The rest of the time he spent in seclusion on his estate and occupied himself with literature and his writings. In this state he began his main dramatic work: The tragedy of man ( Az ember tragédiája ). In the course of the compromise with Austria, he became a member of the Reichstag in Budapest in 1860. He completed the "tragedy of man" in exchange with János Arany , who also made it known in the literary circles of the time. This work, influenced by Goethe's Faust , has been translated into more than 18 languages and performed worldwide.

Madách was also the tutor of his nephew Carl Balog v. Mankobük .

Works

A civilizátor, The Civilizer, 1859, an Aristophanes- style satirical comedy that mocks the bureaucracy of absolutism

Az ember tragédiája, Die Tragödie des Menschen 1861, German for the first time 1865 (translated by Ludwig von Dóczi )

Mózes, Moses , 1861

Opera

1970: Az ember tragédiája by György Ránki , premiere: Budapest Opera
2010: The Tragedy of the Devil by Péter Eötvös , premiere: Munich , Bavarian State Opera , libretto: Albert Ostermaier , based on the drama: Die Tragödie des Menschen

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Madách, Emerich . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 16th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1867, pp. 227–230 ( digitized version ).
Benda: Madách Imre. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 396 f. (Direct links on p. 396 , p. 397 ).
Benedek, Marcell; Foreword to the eighth edition of The Tragedy of Man , Budapest 1994, ISBN 963 13 3966 1

Web links

Commons : Imre Madách - collection of images, videos and audio files

Imre Madách , in A Pallas nagy lexikona ( Hungarian )
Literature by and about Imre Madách in the catalog of the German National Library
Works by Imre Madách at Zeno.org .
Works by Imre Madách at IntraText
The tragedy of man (Translator: Jenő Mohácsi)
The tragedy of man (transl .: Jenő Mohácsi, Géza Engl)

Individual evidence

↑ Benedek, Marcell; Foreword to the eighth edition The Tragedy of Man , Budapest 1994, ISBN 963 13 3966 1

personal data
SURNAME	Madach, Imre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian playwright
DATE OF BIRTH	January 20, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH	Alsósztregova , Neograd County
DATE OF DEATH	October 5, 1864
Place of death	Alsósztregova

[1] Benedek, Marcell; Foreword to the eighth edition The Tragedy of Man , Budapest 1994, ISBN 963 13 3966 1