Education
As a hobby, Fazekas studied the natural sciences (botany) and wrote poetry.
As a hobby, Fazekas studied the natural sciences (botany) and wrote poetry.
He was an army private for seven years before being commissioned as a Hussar officer His poetry expressed his enlightened disgust with warfare and violence and brought to light the social injustices of his society. His epic poem Lúdas Matyi (Mattie the Goose-boy), written in 1804, was based on a folk-tale of unexact origins.
In the story, Matyi, the main character tries to sell his geese at the market, but runs into trouble with the servants of the local squire.
The plot revolves around Matyi"s scheme to get back at the squire. The popularity of this story is because Matyi is the first commonfolk hero in Hungarian literature who is victorious over his "social superior".
His poem was made into a film in 1949. lieutenant was directed by Kálmán Nádasdy and featured the actors Imre Soós and Éva Ruttkai.
A memorial plaque to Fazekas still exists on the wall of the house at Number.
58 Piac Street, where the author once lived.