Background
János Arany was born in Nagyszalonta (now in Romania), Mar. 1, 1817.
(« Jai déposé mon luth », poème (1850))
« Jai déposé mon luth », poème (1850)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NB65F32/?tag=2022091-20
János Arany was born in Nagyszalonta (now in Romania), Mar. 1, 1817.
He married and became a teacher and later a notary of his town. Arany's first composition, a long satirical poem, The Lost Constitution (1846), won a prize, and the next year his noble epic, Toldi, won him national fame. In 1847 he finished Toldi's Eve. From 1851 to 1860 he was professor at Nagykörös, where, although never happy, he wrote his finest ballads. After moving to Budapest, in 1860, he wrote Buda Halála (1864; The Death of Buda), based upon the Hun myths and Attila. In 1865 he became secretary of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Grief over the death of his daughter in 1865 and bad health stopped his writing for ten years, but in 1879 he finished Toldi's Love, the middle part of his trilogy, and in the last part of his career Arany wrote some of his finest epics. He died in Budapest on Oct. 28, 1882. Meditative by nature, Arany created a popular, simple, story-telling art, joining to the folksong the artistic finish of polished verse. His work is characterized by perfection of form, depth of thought and feeling, and love of country. Some of his poems have been translated into German and English; Arany's own translations from Goethe, Tasso, Shakespeare, and Aristophanes are outstanding.
In 1847 he finished Toldi's Eve.
After moving to Budapest, in 1860, he wrote Buda Halá laHalala (1864; The Death of Buda), based upon the Hun myths and Attila.
Meditative by nature, Arany created a popular, simple, story-telling art, joining to the folksong the artistic finish of polished verse.
Some of his poems have been translated into German and English; Arany's own translations from Goethe, Tasso, Shakespeare, and Aristophanes are outstanding.
He was employed as a teacher in Nagykőrös where the local museum is named after him.
Arany was elected a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1858. He was the secretary-general of the Academy from 1865. Also, he was elected director of the Kisfaludy Society, the greatest literary association of Hungary.
(Title translates to "The Legend of the Wondrous Hunt" and...)
(« Jai déposé mon luth », poème (1850))
In 1840 he married Julianna Ercsey. They had two children.
