Background
Mihaly Csokonai Vitez was born at Debreczen in 1773.
Mihaly Csokonai Vitez was born at Debreczen in 1773.
Having been educated in Mihaly Csokonai Vitez' native town, he was appointed while still very young to the professorship of poetry there; but soon after he was deprived of the post on account of the immorality of his conduct.
Having been educated in his native town, Mihaly Csokonai Vitez was appointed while still very young to the professorship of poetry there; but soon after he was deprived of the post on account of the immorality of his conduct.
Csokonai was a genial and original poet .
with something of the lyrical fire of Petofi, and wrote a mock-heroic poem called Dorottya or the Triumph of the Ladies at the Carnival, two or three comedies or farces, and a number of love-poems.
Most of his works have been published, with a life, by Schedel (1844 - 1847).