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Ignotus
A central figure in Hungarian literary life around the turn of the 20th century, he wrote poetry, criticism, and journalism with sharp wit and modern energy. He is also remembered for helping shape the influential journal Nyugat.
8 Audiobooks
Olvasás közben: Jegyzetek és megjegyzések
by Ignotus
Ignotus novelláiból
by Ignotus
Feljegyzések
by Ignotus
Ignotus verseiből
by Ignotus
A slemíl keservei
by Ignotus
Langsam-Schnellzüge in Österreich
by Ignotus
About the author
Born Hugó Veigelsberg in Budapest in 1869, Ignotus became one of the best-known literary pen names in Hungarian writing. He worked as a poet, critic, journalist, and editor, and his work helped introduce a more modern tone into Hungarian literature.
He is closely associated with Nyugat ("West"), the landmark Hungarian literary journal founded in 1908, where he played a leading editorial role. Alongside his own poems and essays, his influence came from encouraging new writing and helping create a home for major literary voices of his time.
Ignotus lived through a period of political upheaval and spent part of his later life in emigration. He died in 1949, leaving a legacy not just as a writer, but as a guiding presence in modern Hungarian literary culture.