What You Have Almost Forgotten
Contributors: William Jay Smith (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Curbstone Press; Kortʹars Kiadʹo
Published: November 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9781880684658
Subjects: Poetry; Continental European; Poetry / General; General
First sentence: Gyula Illyes throughout his lifetime drew inspiration, like Bela Bartok in music, from Hungary's deepest roots.
Description: "Gyula Illyes, one of Hungary's greatest poets of the twentieth century, died in 1983 a few months after his eightieth birthday. Throughout his life he drew inspiration, as did Bela Bartok in music, from his Hungarian roots. Like Robert Frost in New England and Robert Burns in Scotland, Illyes came from the common people. He gave the land a voice both in his poetry and in his memoir of peasant life, People of the Puszta, the translation of which into many languages brought him world renown."--BOOK JACKET.