FALUDI, FERENC. - Hungarian poet and man of letters, Jesuit, b. 25 March 1704 at Köszeg, d. 18 Dec. 1779 at Rohoncz, after having lived almost always in Austria, at Vienna, Graz, Presburgo, Linz, and Tyrnau, teaching literature, history, exegesis, and philosophy. He was also director of the academic press at Tyrnau and librarian at Presburgo. From 1740 to 1745 he was in Rome as confessor in the Hungarian language and a student of literature.
For his elegant prose F. is called the “Hungarian Cicero,” and as a poet he was brought to light, especially after his death, through the efforts of the national poet Nicola Révay. His verses Költeményes maradványi, 2 vols., Győrett (1786-87), should be remembered; and his tales Teli elszakáh (“Winter Evenings”), Posombos 1787, won him great fame. During his lifetime, F. published several books of spiritual and civic formation, highly esteemed by the nobility.