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Kisfaludy Society
The Kisfaludy Society (Hungarian: "Kisfaludy Társaság") was a literary society in Pest, founded in 1836 and named after Károly Kisfaludy, who had died in 1830. It held monthly meetings and was a major force in Hungarian literary life, giving prizes, funding the collection of folk songs, and sponsoring the publication of works like Imre Madách's "The Tragedy of Man". It dissolved in 1952.
Directors.
- András Fáy (the first director, 1837-1841)
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named after him.
Arany was elected a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1858. He was the secretary-general of the Academy from 1865. Also, he was elected director of the Kisfaludy Society, the greatest literary association of Hungary.
The early death of his daughter, Julianna in 1865 marked the beginning of Arany's hiatus as a poet. He did not write any original pieces until the summer of 1877, when he began working on his poetic cycle entitled "Őszikék" which is substantially different