Frigyes Riedl

Frigyes Riedl was a prominent Hungarian essayist, critic and literary historian. His most famous work is Arany János, the earliest study of poet János Arany. He is also noted for his books on eighteenth- and nineteeth-century Hungarian literature, and for A History of Hungarian Literature, which was intended as a primer for English-speaking audiences unfamiliar with Hungarian literature. He was a professor of Hungarian literature at the University of Budapest and a regular contributor to the literary review Budapesti Szemle. With other Hungarian literary figures, especially Jenõ Péterfy, he tried to establish unique criteria for Hungarian literary criticism.