Károly Kisfaludy
Károly Kisfaludy (born February 5, 1788 in Tét , † November 21, 1830 in Pest ) was a Hungarian playwright , painter and the brother of Sándor Kisfaludy . He is considered to be the founder of the Hungarian national drama.
He grew up without a mother, who died in his birth, with his seven siblings with his father, with whom he did not have a good relationship. Kisfaludy began writing poetry and songs during his army service during the Napoleonic Wars . After leaving in 1810, he studied art and traveled to Vienna in 1812 and to Italy in 1815. He celebrated his breakthrough as a playwright in 1819 when his tragedies A tatárok Magyarországon (“The Tatars in Hungary”) and Ilka, vagy Nándorfehérvár bevétele (“Ilka or the conquest of Belgrade”) were a great success. His works have been translated into German and performed in Vienna. Károly Kisfaludy died of tuberculosis in 1830.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Kisfaludy, Karl . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, pp. 325–329 ( digitized version ).
- Kisfaludy Károly. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 350.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kisfaludy, Károly |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian playwright and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1788 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tét |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1830 |
| Place of death | pest |