Móricz, Zsigmond (1879–1942)

Hungarian writer of realist novels, short stories, and plays. By describing the harsh existence of the peasantry and the decadence of the landed gentry, he put paid to the romanticized image of rural life that until then had been common in Hungarian literature. His works include the trilogy Erdély/Transylvania (1922–35), Légy jó mindhalálig/Be Faithful unto Death (1921), and Rokonok/Relatives (1930). He was also an influential editor.