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Elek Szitnyai

1854–1923

A Hungarian teacher, philosopher, and writer, he moved easily between classroom life and literary work. His career linked education, scholarship, and publishing in late 19th- and early 20th-century Hungary.

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A szellemi erők gyüjtése és pazarlása

A szellemi erők gyüjtése és pazarlása

by Elek Szitnyai

About the author

Born on August 6, 1854, in Berencsfalva, Elek Szitnyai studied at Selmecbánya and later at the University of Budapest. After qualifying as a teacher, he taught at secondary schools in Selmecbánya, Nagybánya, and then in Budapest, where he was appointed to the state gymnasium in the city’s seventh district.

He was also active in intellectual life beyond teaching. Contemporary Hungarian biographical reference sources describe him as a teacher of philosophy and Hungarian literature and note that he served as secretary of the Hungarian Philosophical Society.

Szitnyai belonged to the generation of scholar-writers whose work grew out of education and public culture. He died in 1923.