JOSEPH

See also:

• JOSEPH BAJZA (1804-1858)

BAJZA (1804-1858)  , Hungarian poet and critic, was born at Sziicsi in 1804 . His earliest contributions were made to Kisfaludy's Aurora, a literary paper of which he was editor from 183o to 1837 . He also wrote largely in the Kritische Blatter, the Athenaeum, and the Figyelmezo or Observer . His criticisms on dramatic art were considered the best of these miscellaneous writings . In 183o he published translations of some foreign dramas, Auslandische Buhna, and in 1835 a collection of his own poems . In 1837 he was made director of the newly established national theatre at Pest . He then, for some years, devoted himself to historical writing, and published in succession the Historical Library (Tortereti Konyvt(r), 6 vols., 1843-1845; the Modern Plutarch (Uj Plutarch), 1845-1847 ; and the Universal History (Vildgtoretet), 1847 . These works are to some extent translations from German authors . In 1847 Bajza edited the journal of the opposition, Ellenor, at Leipzig, and in March 1848 Kossuth made him editor of his paper, Kossuth Hirlapja . In 185o he was attacked with brain disease and died in 1858 .