author
Károly Bérczy
1821–1867
A vivid figure of Hungary’s reform era, he worked as a writer, poet, journalist, editor, and translator, and was remembered as one of the March Youth of 1848. He is especially noted for bringing major works of world literature into Hungarian and for moving easily between public life and literary culture.
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Világ folyása (2. kötet): Beszélyek
by Károly Bérczy
Világ folyása (3. kötet): Beszélyek
by Károly Bérczy
Világ folyása (1. kötet): Beszélyek
by Károly Bérczy
About the author
Born in Balassagyarmat on March 2, 1821, and originally named Stand Károly, he became known as Bérczy Károly in Hungarian literary life. He studied law, worked in public administration, and later served as a colleague of István Széchenyi before illness pushed him away from official service and toward journalism and literature.
He built a varied career as a writer, poet, journalist, editor, and literary translator. Hungarian reference sources also note that he was one of the March Youth of 1848, became a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1859, and was a friend as well as the first biographer of Imre Madách.
His reputation rests in part on the range of his cultural work: he wrote original literature, helped shape periodical culture, and translated important foreign authors for Hungarian readers. He died in Pest on December 11, 1867, leaving behind the portrait of a nineteenth-century man of letters deeply involved in both national life and literary exchange.