Zsigmond Móricz belongs to the literary record as a writer whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Zsigmond Móricz as Hungarian writer (1879-1942).
Zsigmond Móricz was born at Tiszacsécse in 1879. 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 writer, journalist and playwright.
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.
Zsigmond Móricz died in 1942, aged 63. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
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