Gergely Csiky (also Gregor Csiky; 8 December 1842 â€" 19 November
1891) was a Hungarian dramatist.Csiky was born in Pankota, in the
county of Arad. He studied Roman Catholic theology at Pest and Vienna,
and was professor in the Priests College at Timișoara from 1870 to
1878. In the latter year, however, he joined the Evangelical Church,
and took up literature. Beginning with novels and works on
ecclesiastical history, which met with some recognition, he ultimately
devoted himself to writing for the stage. Here his success was
immediate. In his Az ellenállhatatlan (Irresistible), which obtained
a prize from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, he showed the
distinctive features of his talent: directness, freshness, realistic
vigor, and highly individual style. In rapid succession he enriched
Magyar literature with realistic genre pictures, such as A Proletárok
(Proletariat), Buborékok (Bubbles), Két szerelem (Two Loves), A
szégyenlÅ's (The Bashful), Athalia, etc., in all of which he seized
on one or another feature or type of modern life, dramatizing it with
unusual intensity, qualified by chaste and well-balanced diction. Of
the latter, his classical studies may, no doubt, be taken as the
inspiration, and his translation of Sophocles and Plautus will long
rank with the most successful of Magyar translations of the ancient
classics. Among the best known of his novels are Arnold, Az Atlasz
család (The Atlas Family). He died in Budapest on 19 November
1891.The Csiky Gergely Theatre of Kaposvár and the Hungarian Theatre
of Timișoara bear his name.
1891) was a Hungarian dramatist.Csiky was born in Pankota, in the
county of Arad. He studied Roman Catholic theology at Pest and Vienna,
and was professor in the Priests College at Timișoara from 1870 to
1878. In the latter year, however, he joined the Evangelical Church,
and took up literature. Beginning with novels and works on
ecclesiastical history, which met with some recognition, he ultimately
devoted himself to writing for the stage. Here his success was
immediate. In his Az ellenállhatatlan (Irresistible), which obtained
a prize from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, he showed the
distinctive features of his talent: directness, freshness, realistic
vigor, and highly individual style. In rapid succession he enriched
Magyar literature with realistic genre pictures, such as A Proletárok
(Proletariat), Buborékok (Bubbles), Két szerelem (Two Loves), A
szégyenlÅ's (The Bashful), Athalia, etc., in all of which he seized
on one or another feature or type of modern life, dramatizing it with
unusual intensity, qualified by chaste and well-balanced diction. Of
the latter, his classical studies may, no doubt, be taken as the
inspiration, and his translation of Sophocles and Plautus will long
rank with the most successful of Magyar translations of the ancient
classics. Among the best known of his novels are Arnold, Az Atlasz
család (The Atlas Family). He died in Budapest on 19 November
1891.The Csiky Gergely Theatre of Kaposvár and the Hungarian Theatre
of Timișoara bear his name.
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