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Zsolt Beöthy
1848–1922
A major figure in Hungarian literary life around the turn of the 20th century, he wrote criticism and literary history that helped shape how readers understood the national tradition. He was also a longtime public intellectual, active in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the influential Kisfaludy Society.
3 Audiobooks
Kálozdy Béla: Regény (1. kötet)
by Zsolt Beöthy
A tragikum
by Zsolt Beöthy
Kálozdy Béla: Regény (2. kötet)
by Zsolt Beöthy
About the author
Born in Buda on September 4, 1848, Zsolt Beöthy became known as a Hungarian literary historian, critic, and professor. Sources describe him as one of the leading figures in Hungarian literature at the turn of the 19th century, with a strongly conservative critical outlook.
He studied in Pest, Vienna, and Munich. After several years working at the Ministry of Finance, he moved into teaching, first at the secondary level and later at the University of Budapest, where he taught literature. He was also elected to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and went on to serve the Kisfaludy Society as secretary and later chairman.
Alongside his scholarly and critical work, Beöthy also wrote fiction in his younger years. He died in Budapest on April 18, 1922, leaving behind a reputation as an influential interpreter of Hungarian literature and aesthetics.