Gyula Illyés

Gyula Illyés (born Nov. 2, 1902, Racegres, Austria-Hungary [now in Hungary]—died April 14, 1983, Budapest) was a Hungarian poet, novelist, dramatist, and dissident, a leading literary figure in Hungary during the 20th century. Illyés supported the short-lived soviet republic led by Béla Kun (1919). Sought by the police, Illyés went to Vienna, then to Berlin and to Paris, where he completed his education at the Sorbonne. He returned to Hungary in 1926 and soon became...