Milán Füst (17 July 1888,

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– 26 July 1967, Budapest) was a

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writer, poet and playwright.

Biography

Early in life, his family lived on

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in the 7th district of Budapest. In 1908 he met the writer

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and published his first work in the literary revue ''Nyugat''. He befriended

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and

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. After studying law and economics in

, he became a teacher in a school of business. In 1918, he became the director of Vörösmarty Academy, but was forced to leave the post in 1921. In 1928, a nervous breakdown led him to spend six months in a sanatorium in

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