His grave bears this inscription: Only his body.
Géza Gárdonyi, Hungarian playwright, writer, poet, teacher, journalist, honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, died 101 years ago. Gárdonyi is an outstanding figure in Hungarian literature, the author of such famous novels as Egri csillagók, Ida's novel or The Invisible Man.
She was born Géza Ziegler on August 3, 1863 in Agárdpustán, not far from Gárdony. In his registry, Gárdony is listed as his place of birth, which is why he later adopted the name of the settlement as his pen name. His father, Sándor Mihály Ziegler, came from a bourgeois evangelical family of hundred descent. Due to his father's rebellious nature, he often clashed, so the family moved often.
The young Géza Ziegler studied at the teacher training lyceum in Eger. In Szőlősgyörök, he read a lot, arranged art-loving lectures, but also organized a choir, was also a cantor and a firefighter.
From 1881, Gárdonyi earned his living as an assistant teacher in Karád. In the meantime, he obtained a folk school teacher's certificate. Teaching had a depressing effect on him, and he turned to writing.
From 1885, he started working as an external contributor to the Dunántúl newspaper in Pécs. He married, his wife was Márta Csányi, with whom he moved to Győr. They had four children during their seven-year marriage, until they divorced in 1892. He lived in Eger from 1897 until his death. He wrote his most famous works in Eger.
He used the pseudonym Géza Gárdonyi since he was 16 years old. He had a significant career as a journalist, and his novel The Stars of Eger brought him fame. He left behind a huge oeuvre, of which his novels were the most significant: The Stars of Egri (1901), The Invisible Man (1902), The Old Looker (1905), Dávidkáné (1907), Isten's Prisoners (1908), Ida's Novel (1924, posthumous ).
He wrote poems, plays, stories, fairy tales, diaries, essays, and autobiographies. His works have been translated into several languages, the most translated of his novels are Egri stars, The invisible man, Ida's novel and God's prisoners.
Géza Gárdonyi died on October 30, 1922. He was buried on the bastion of Eger Castle.
His grave bears this inscription: Only his body.
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