What You Have Almost Forgotten

by Gyula Illyés, William Jay Smith (Editor)

What You Have Almost Forgotten Selected Poems of Gyula Illyes Gyula Illyes "You Cannot Escape, a bilingual edition, presents the work of Hungary's national poet. Illyes work is direct, colloquial, has immense variety, and bears witness against injustices from the vantage point of his peasant roots. "He continued...throughout his life to attack injustice wherever he found it, and to promote...with the power and balance of his art, a civilized view of man."-William J. Smith

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Gyula Illyés was a Hungarian poet and novelist. Born into a humble family of farm servants (his father was a mechanic of agricultural machines) on one of the big estates of Transdanubia, he was educated in Budapest and in Paris. He was one of the so called népi ("from the people") writers, named so because they aimed to show - propelled by strong sociological interest and left-wing convictions - the disadvantageous conditions of their native land.