Dezső Kosztolányi belongs to the literary record as a writer whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Dezső Kosztolányi as Hungarian poet, writer and translator (1885–1936).
Dezső Kosztolányi was born at Subotica in 1885. His recorded nationality is Hungary.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, literary form itself came under argument, and the certainties of the realist novel were dismantled.
He worked as poet, literary critic and translator.
The writing is recorded in German.
Literature is judged by re-reading, which is a slower and harsher test than acclaim.
That the work was written from Hungary matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Dezső Kosztolányi died in 1936, aged 51. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
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