JANOS See also:

• JANOS GARAY (1812-1853)

GARAY (1812-1853)  , Hungarian poet and author, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the loth of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1812, at Szegsz5,rd, in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Tolna . From 1823 to 1828 he studied at Fiinfkirchen, and subsequently, in 1829, at the university of Pest . In 1834 he brought out an heroic poem, in hexameters, under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Csaldr . After this he issued in See also:

• QUICK

quick See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession various See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical dramas, among which the most successful were Arbecz, Orszdgh Ilona and Bdthori Erzsebet the first two published at Pest in 1837 and the last in 184o . See also:

• GARAY, JANOS (1812-1853)

Garay was an energetic journalist, and in 1838 he removed to See also:

• PRESSBURG (Hung. Pozsony, Lat. Posonium)

Pressburg, where he edited the See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal Hirnok (See also:

• HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

Herald) . He returned to Pest in 1839, when he was elected a corresponding member of the Hungarian See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences . In 1842 he was admitted into the See also:

• KISFALUDY, KAROLY

Kisfaludy Society, of which he became second secretary . Garay enriched Hungarian literature with numerous lyrical poems, See also:

• BALLADS

ballads and tales . The first collection of his poems was published at Pest in 1843; and his See also:

• PROSE

prose tales appeared in 1845, under the title of Tollrajzok (Sketches with the See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

Pen) . His historical ballads and legends, styled Arpddok (Pest, 1847, 2nd ed . 1848), showed him to be a See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master in the See also:

• ART

art of ballad-See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing . Some of his lyrical poems also are excellent, as, for example, Balatoni Kagylok (Shells from the See also:

• BALATON (PLATTENSEE)

Balaton See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake) (Pest, 1848) .

His See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend Bosnydk Zshffa (Pest, 1847), and his poetical See also:

• ROMANCE

romance Frangepan Kristofne (See also:

• CHRISTOPHER, SAINT (Christophorus, Christoferus)

Christopher Frangepan's Wife) (Pest, 1846), gained the See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize of the Kisfaludy Society . His last and most famous See also:

• WORK

work was an historical poem in twelve cantos, with the title Szent Ldszld (See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint See also:

• LADISLAUS [I.]

Ladislaus) (See also:

• EGER (Czech, Cheb)
• EGER (Ger. Erlau, Med. Lat. Agria)
• EGER, AQIBA (1761–1837)

Eger, 1852, 2nd ed., Pest, 1853, 3rd ed . 1863) . Garay was See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of Hungarian See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and literature to the university of Pest in 1848-1849 . After about four years' illness he died on the 5th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1853, in See also:

• GREAT

great want . A collective edition of his poems was published at Pest the See also:

• YEAR

year after his See also:

• DEATH

death by F . See also:

• NEY, MICHEL

Ney (2nd ed . 186o), and several of his poems were translated by Kertbeny . See Garay Janos Osszes keltemenyei (2nd ed., Pest, 186o); and Dichtungen von Johann Garay (2nd ed., See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, 1856) .