Gyula Juhász (4 April 1883,

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– 6 April 1937, Szeged) was a Hungarian poet, who was awarded the Baumgarten Prize. His first poems were published in in 1899. Between 1902 and 1906 he was a student of the

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, where he met

Mihály Babits Mihály Babits (; 26 November 1883 – 4 August 1941) was a Hungarian poet, writer, essayist, and translator. His poems are well known for their intense religious themes. His novels such as “The Children of Death” (1927) explore psychol ...

and Dezső Kosztolányi. Throughout his life, Juhász made multiple suicide attempts. He eventually died after overdosing on his headache relief medicine, in 1937.

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1883 births 1937 deaths People from Szeged Hungarian male poets Eötvös Loránd University alumni 19th-century Hungarian poets 19th-century Hungarian male writers Baumgarten Prize winners 1937 suicides {{Hungary-writer-stub