József of Gaal
József von Gaal (Gaál) (born December 12, 1811 in Nagykároly , † February 26, 1866 in Pest ) was a Hungarian writer and satirist .
Life
Born in today's Romania , Gaal worked as a civil servant in the government service of the governor of Sathmar County and wrote poems , later also stories and popular comedies , which were influenced by Marci Zöld , among others . After his literary debut Öröm-dal (1829), he won the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Prize in 1836 with the novel Szirmay Ilona , of which he became a corresponding member in September 1837. The historical comedy A király Ludason (“The King in Ludas”, 1837) also received praise from the Academy of Sciences.
His most famous comedy is A peleskei Notarius ( "The notary in Peleske", 1838), the October 8, 1838 at the Budapest National Theater premiere was and was performed again and again because of the great success and the seminal influence on the Hungarian Theater for many years. In the following years he wrote Két Júlia (comedy, 1841), Szvatopluk (1843) and the burlesque A vén sas (1844).
During the Hungarian Revolution of 1848/1849 he was secretary to János Damjanich , one of the generals of the Hungarian revolutionaries against the Habsburgs and one of the martyrs of Arad .
After the revolution a confinement to Arad took place until 1855 . He was then educator of the family of the Counts of Csekonics in Jimbolia before he settled in Pest. During this time, Gróf Benyovszky Móricz élete és viszontagságai (1857), Rontó Pál élete és viszontagságai (1857) and Peru fölfedezése és elfoglalása (1858) appeared.
Web links and sources
- biography
- Meyers Großes Personenlexikon , Mannheim 1968, p. 477
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gaal, József from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gaál, József |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nagykároly |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1866 |
| Place of death | Nagykároly |