Milán Füst (17 July 1888, Budapest â€" 26 July 1967, Budapest) was a
Hungarian writer, poet and playwright.In 1908 he met the writer ErnÅ'
Osvát and published his first work in the literary revue Nyugat. He
befriended DezsÅ' Kosztolányi and Frigyes Karinthy. After studying
law and economics in Budapest, he became a teacher in a school of
business. In 1918, he became the director of Vörösmarty Academy, but
was forced to leave the post in 1921.In 1928, a nervous breakdown led
him to spend six months in a sanatorium in Baden-Baden. Already since
1904 he had begun working on his long Journal. However, a large part
of this work, concerning the period 1944-1945 would later be
destroyed.In 1947, he became a teacher at KépzÅ'művészeti
FÅ'iskola. He received the Kossuth Prize in 1948, and was a considered
a contender for the 1965 Nobel Prize. His best-known novel, A
feleségem története (The Story of My Wife), was published in 1942.
Hungarian writer, poet and playwright.In 1908 he met the writer ErnÅ'
Osvát and published his first work in the literary revue Nyugat. He
befriended DezsÅ' Kosztolányi and Frigyes Karinthy. After studying
law and economics in Budapest, he became a teacher in a school of
business. In 1918, he became the director of Vörösmarty Academy, but
was forced to leave the post in 1921.In 1928, a nervous breakdown led
him to spend six months in a sanatorium in Baden-Baden. Already since
1904 he had begun working on his long Journal. However, a large part
of this work, concerning the period 1944-1945 would later be
destroyed.In 1947, he became a teacher at KépzÅ'művészeti
FÅ'iskola. He received the Kossuth Prize in 1948, and was a considered
a contender for the 1965 Nobel Prize. His best-known novel, A
feleségem története (The Story of My Wife), was published in 1942.
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