Ferenc Faludi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ferenc Faludi

Hungarian writer

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1704

Place of Birth: Güssing, Burgenland, Austria

Date of Death: 18-Dec-1779

Profession: writer, poet, librarian, translator

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ferenc Faludi (born in Güssing on 11 April 1704; died in Rechnitz on 18 December 1779) was a Hungarian poet who has been referred to as "the father of the new Hungarian lyric." Because of Suppression of the Society of Jesus he switched to being in charge of a poorhouse.
Before that he had been known as a Jesuit educator, writer, and translator.
He spoke near-fluent German and translated William Shakespeare's The Tempest into Hungarian.
In addition to that he collected Hungarian folk poetry.