Background
Kemény was born in 1816 in Alvinc, Transylvania, came of a noble but reduced family.
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Beszelyek Es Regenytoredekek V1: A Sziv Orvenyei- Kodkepek A Kedely Lathataran (1897) (Hungarian Edition)
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Az Unio-Torvenyekrol (1861) (Hungarian Edition)
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Zsigmond Kemény
Edit ProfileEducation
In 1837 he studied jurisprudence at Marosvasarhely, but soon devoted himself entirely to journalism and literature. In the same year he studied natural history and anatomy at Vienna University.
Career
His first unfinished work, On the Causes of the Disaster of Mohacs (1840), attracted much attention. In 1841, along with Lajos К о vacs, he edited the Transylvanian newspaper Erdelyi Hirado.
In 1846 he moved to Pest, where his pamphlet, Korteskedes ds ellenszerei (Partisanship and its Antidote), had already made him famous. Here he consorted with the most eminent of the moderate reformers, and for a time was on the staff of the Pesti Hirlap. The same year he brought out his first great novel, Pdl Gyulay. He was elected a member of the revolutionary diet of 1848 and accompanied it through all its vicissitudes. After a brief exile he accepted the amnesty and returned to Hungary. Careless of his unpopularity, he took up his pen to defend the cause of justice and moderation, and in his two pamphlets, Forradalom után (After the Revolution) and Még egy szó a forradalom után (One word more after the Revolution), he defended the point of view which was realized by Deak in 1867.
Kemeny also published several political essays (e. g. The Two Wesselenyis, and Stephen Szechenyi) which are among the best of their kind in any literature. His novels published during these years, such as Ferj es no (Husband and Wife), Szivorvenyei (The Heart's Secrets), also won for him a foremost rank among contemporary novelists. He popularized the Composition of 1867 which he had done so much to bring about. He was elected to the diet of 1867 for one of the divisions of Pest, but took no part in the debates. The last years of his life were passed in complete seclusion in Transylvania. To the works of Kemeny alreadymentioned should be added the fine historical novel Rajongok (The Fanatics) (Pest, 1858 - 1859), and Collected Speeches (Hung. ) (Pest, 1889).
Achievements
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Kemény's political work do not overshadow his novels, which were remarkable for their lively dialogue, as well as their pessimistic outlook. His writing differed from his contemporaries in that his protagonists' fate was not directly linked to their moral standards. The fine historical novel A rajongók ("The Fanatics") (Pest, 1858–1859) is generally regarded as his best.
Works
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Beszelyek Es Regenytoredekek V1: A Sziv Orvenyei- Kodkepek A Kedely Lathataran (1897) (Hungarian Edition)
(This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)
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Az Unio-Torvenyekrol (1861) (Hungarian Edition)
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Gyulai Pál, Volumes 4-5 (Hungarian Edition)
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Beszelyek Es Regenytoredekek V1: A Sziv Orvenyei- Kodkepek A Kedely Lathataran (1897) (Hungarian Edition)
Politics
He also took an active part in provincial politics and warmly supported the principles of Count Stephen Szechenyf. He edited the Pesti Napld, which became virtually Deak's political organ. During the sixties Kemeny took an active part in the political labours of Deak, whose right hand he continued to be.
Kemény's enthusiasm for Hungarian independence had waned, believing that the European balance of power would never accept an independent Hungary, and advocated a policy of reconciliation with Austria.
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