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Lajos Kassák (March 21, 1887 – July 22, 1967) was a Hungarian poet, novelist, painter, essayist, editor, theoretician of the avant-garde, and occasional translator. He was among the first genuine working-class writers in Hungarian literature.

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  • Lajos Kassák (* 21. März 1887 in Érsekújvár, Österreich-Ungarn; † 22. Juli 1967 in Budapest) war ein ungarischer Schriftsteller und Maler. (de)
  • Lajos KASSÁK [lajoŝ kaŝAk], (esp. Ludoviko Kassak), hungare Kassák Lajos estis elstara hungara verkisto, poeto, tradukisto, grafikisto, framasono. Lia edzino estis Jolán Simon. Li naskiĝis la 21-an de marto 1887 en Érsekújvár (nun Nové Zámky en Slovakio). Li mortis la 22-an de julio 1967 en Budapeŝto. (eo)
  • Lajos Kassák (March 21, 1887 – July 22, 1967) was a Hungarian poet, novelist, painter, essayist, editor, theoretician of the avant-garde, and occasional translator. He was among the first genuine working-class writers in Hungarian literature. Self-taught, he became a writer within the socialist movement and published journals important to the radical intellectual culture of Budapest in the early 1900s. Although he cannot be fully identified with any single avant-garde movement, he adopted elements of expressionism, futurism and dadaism. He has been described as a well-acclaimed artistic virtuoso whose strong achievements and socially committed activities interlaced with a consistent artistic vibrancy. He set the pace for the development of the avant-garde artistic wing in Hungary. Kassák is also considered to be a pioneer of a number of new developments in the Hungarian avant-garde and modernist art scene. It has been said that Kassák’s legacy was stunted and unrecognized for a long while because his political and artistic activities were shrouded by the government of the Iron Curtain and by the activities of others. He started out not as an artist but as a locksmith and then moved on to become a political activist, writer, editor and painter. Kassák’s artistic and political involvement actively started in the 1910s after he left off working as a locksmith. In 1920, due to the attack of the Hungarian government against intellectuals like Lajos Kassák which intensified following the collapse of the Republic of Councils in Hungary, he escaped into exile in Vienna. Paradoxically, this attack on Kassák’s intellectual activism led to a flourishing literary lifestyle which included exhibitions, readings, culturally-spirited events and the journal editing enterprises that were soon to be transported back to Hungary where an underground trend of social campaigning was budding. After spending six years in exile, Kassák returned to Hungary and engaged in more literary activities including the founding of the Munka Circle and journal which lasted for almost ten years in a row and also stirred revivalism of a collectivized artistic avant-garde movement that were bonded by socio-politically oriented practices of artistry. The government of the era strongly antagonised most of the movements and publications set up by Kassák upon his return to Hungary, but most of them managed to thrive in spite of this. For one, although the Munka group was banned, it only yielded to an eventual dissolution due to internal strife and conflicts. To say that Kassák was extremely anti-political would not be completely correct as Kassák, during his lifetime, acted as the chairman of the Arts Council during which time he edited a number of progressive journals like Alkotás and subsequently became a member of the Parliament of the Social Democratic Party in connection to which he edited a literary journal. His participation in these political spheres affected his reception and treatment as a writer after the journals were discontinued after the Communist regime was installed after the Second World War. For the second time, Kassák was forced to retire into a solitary form of habitation in his Bekásmegyer home. It was not until 1956 that Kassák’s reputation as a writer became established although it can be said, at the time, there was yet to be holistic regard for his intellectual and artistic legacies. Kassák mostly engaged in multimodality using different media forms that were both textual, aural, linguistic, spatial, and visual resources in order to articulate his socially-oriented messages. He wrote novels, painted extensively, supported the budding socio-photographic form of artistry in Hungary and worked with music in a defining way with his partner Jolán Simon heading a speaking choir which performed regularly at Munka Circle gatherings. Even more, Kassák delved into film production as well as dance. He is credited for integrating Russian artistry into the rather exclusive Hungarian art setting. The reception of Kassák’s works has changed in contemporary times with several reprints of his books and an acknowledgement of other facets that makes him the artist that he was during his lifetime. In recognition of all his politically enthused and artistically significant efforts, Kassák was awarded a state medal on his 80th birthday in 1967. He died on July 22 of the same year and was a tributary honour by his colleagues, friends and supporters. (en)
  • Lajos Kassák fue un poeta, novelista, ensayista, pintor y editor húngaro vinculado a los movimientos de vanguardia y al socialismo. (es)
  • Lajos Kassák (né le 21 mars 1887 à Érsekújvár, aujourd'hui Nové Zámky en Slovaquie, alors en Autriche-Hongrie, et mort le 22 juillet 1967 à Budapest) est un peintre et écrivain hongrois. (fr)
  • Lajos Kassák (Nové Zámky, 21 marzo 1887 – Budapest, 22 luglio 1967) è stato uno scrittore, artista e giornalista ungherese. Di origine operaia, conobbe il futurismo in Italia, dove aveva lavorato in gioventù, e ne introdusse i programmi in patria, tentando di conciliarli con le sue convinzioni socialiste. Si scontrò con il potere politico sia durante il periodo di Béla Kun (1919), sia nei primi anni del regime comunista instaurato da Mátyás Rákosi. Fondò le riviste A Tett (L'azione, 1915), interdetta nel 1916 per la sua impostazione internazionalista e antimilitarista, e MA (Oggi, 1916), organo principale del movimento attivista. Dal 1920 al 1926 visse in esilio a Vienna e una volta rientrato in Ungheria proseguì la sua attività attraverso le riviste Dokumentum (1926-27) e Munka ("Lavoro", 1928-38) sostenendo le lotte del movimento operaio e l'avanguardia artistica.Dopo la guerra, sotto il governo filosovietico, la sua attività viene fortemente limitata. Una situazione che penalizza molti degli artisti della sua epoca, da László Moholy-Nagy ad Albert Nagy. Scrisse poesie (Mia madre, l'universo, 1922; Terra mia, fiore mio, 1935; Amore, amore, 1962; Foglie di quercia, 1965) e romanzi socialmente impegnati (Vita di un uomo, 1927-35; Dramma nel bosco, 1943; Fratelli infelici, 1953; La fine della strada, 1963). (it)
  • Lajos Kassák (ur. 21 marca 1887 w Érsekújvár, zm. 22 lipca 1967 w Budapeszcie) – węgierski pisarz, malarz i architekt. (pl)
  • Lajos Kassák, född 21 mars 1887, död 22 juli 1967, var en ungersk författare och målare. Kassák introducerade avantgardet (futurismen och expressionismen) i den ungerska konsten och litteraturen. Som konstruktivistisk målare gjorde han sig ett namn också utanför Ungern, främst i Frankrike och Tyskland. Viktigast var ändå hans litterära verksamhet. Han gav ut flera tidskrifter; av dem spelade särskilt Ma ("I dag"), Tett ("Dåd") och Munka ("Arbete") en viktig roll under mellankrigstiden. Som lyriker var han banbrytare för modernismen i sitt land. Bland hans prosaverk är den självbiografiska Egy ember élete ("En människas liv") i åtta band det mest betydande. På svenska finns Hästen dör, fåglarna flyger ut (i tolkning av Gunnar Harding, översättningen granskad av János Csatlós, FIB:s lyrikklubb, 1979). (sv)
  • Лайош Кашшак (венг. Kassák Lajos; 21 марта 1887, Эршекуйвар — 22 июля 1967, Будапешт) — венгерский писатель и художник, один из ведущих пропагандистов авангарда (конструктивизма, экспрессионизма, футуризма, дадаизма, сюрреализма) в венгерском искусстве. (ru)
  • Лайош Кашшак (угор. Kassák Lajos; 21 березня 1887 Ершекуйвар — 22 липня 1967, Будапешт) — угорський письменник і художник, один з провідних пропагандистів авангарду (конструктивізму, експресіонізму, футуризму, дадаїзму, сюрреалізму) в угорському мистецтві. (uk)
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  • Lajos Kassák (* 21. März 1887 in Érsekújvár, Österreich-Ungarn; † 22. Juli 1967 in Budapest) war ein ungarischer Schriftsteller und Maler. (de)
  • Lajos KASSÁK [lajoŝ kaŝAk], (esp. Ludoviko Kassak), hungare Kassák Lajos estis elstara hungara verkisto, poeto, tradukisto, grafikisto, framasono. Lia edzino estis Jolán Simon. Li naskiĝis la 21-an de marto 1887 en Érsekújvár (nun Nové Zámky en Slovakio). Li mortis la 22-an de julio 1967 en Budapeŝto. (eo)
  • Lajos Kassák fue un poeta, novelista, ensayista, pintor y editor húngaro vinculado a los movimientos de vanguardia y al socialismo. (es)
  • Lajos Kassák (né le 21 mars 1887 à Érsekújvár, aujourd'hui Nové Zámky en Slovaquie, alors en Autriche-Hongrie, et mort le 22 juillet 1967 à Budapest) est un peintre et écrivain hongrois. (fr)
  • Lajos Kassák (ur. 21 marca 1887 w Érsekújvár, zm. 22 lipca 1967 w Budapeszcie) – węgierski pisarz, malarz i architekt. (pl)
  • Лайош Кашшак (венг. Kassák Lajos; 21 марта 1887, Эршекуйвар — 22 июля 1967, Будапешт) — венгерский писатель и художник, один из ведущих пропагандистов авангарда (конструктивизма, экспрессионизма, футуризма, дадаизма, сюрреализма) в венгерском искусстве. (ru)
  • Лайош Кашшак (угор. Kassák Lajos; 21 березня 1887 Ершекуйвар — 22 липня 1967, Будапешт) — угорський письменник і художник, один з провідних пропагандистів авангарду (конструктивізму, експресіонізму, футуризму, дадаїзму, сюрреалізму) в угорському мистецтві. (uk)
  • Lajos Kassák (March 21, 1887 – July 22, 1967) was a Hungarian poet, novelist, painter, essayist, editor, theoretician of the avant-garde, and occasional translator. He was among the first genuine working-class writers in Hungarian literature. (en)
  • Lajos Kassák (Nové Zámky, 21 marzo 1887 – Budapest, 22 luglio 1967) è stato uno scrittore, artista e giornalista ungherese. Di origine operaia, conobbe il futurismo in Italia, dove aveva lavorato in gioventù, e ne introdusse i programmi in patria, tentando di conciliarli con le sue convinzioni socialiste. Si scontrò con il potere politico sia durante il periodo di Béla Kun (1919), sia nei primi anni del regime comunista instaurato da Mátyás Rákosi. (it)
  • Lajos Kassák, född 21 mars 1887, död 22 juli 1967, var en ungersk författare och målare. Kassák introducerade avantgardet (futurismen och expressionismen) i den ungerska konsten och litteraturen. Som konstruktivistisk målare gjorde han sig ett namn också utanför Ungern, främst i Frankrike och Tyskland. Viktigast var ändå hans litterära verksamhet. Han gav ut flera tidskrifter; av dem spelade särskilt Ma ("I dag"), Tett ("Dåd") och Munka ("Arbete") en viktig roll under mellankrigstiden. Som lyriker var han banbrytare för modernismen i sitt land. Bland hans prosaverk är den självbiografiska Egy ember élete ("En människas liv") i åtta band det mest betydande. (sv)
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  • Lajos Kassák (en)
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  • Кашшак, Лайош (ru)
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