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{{short description|Hungarian dramatist}}
{{eastern name order|Csiky Gergely}}
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'''Gergely Csiky''' (also Gregor Csiky; 8 December 1842 &ndash; 19 November 1891) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[dramatist]] of Armenian ancestry (his mother's family is of the Verzár family that was initially called as Stefanian).<ref>Gudenus János József: Örmény eredetű magyar nemesi családok genealógiája
Erdélyi Örmény Gyökerek, Budapest, 2000</ref>

Csiky was born in [[Pankota]], in the county of [[Arad (Hungarian county)|Arad]]. He studied Roman Catholic theology at [[Pest (city)|Pest]] and [[Vienna]], and was professor in the Priests College at [[Timișoara]] from 1870 to 1878. In the latter year, however, he joined the Evangelical Church, and took up literature. Beginning with novels and works on ecclesiastical history, which met with some recognition, he ultimately devoted himself to writing for the stage.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

Here his success was immediate. In his ''Az ellenállhatatlan (Irresistible)'', which obtained a prize from the [[Hungarian Academy of Sciences]], he showed the distinctive features of his talent: directness, freshness, realistic vigor, and a highly individualistic style. In rapid succession he enriched Magyar literature with realistic genre pictures, such as ''A Proletárok (Proletariat)'', ''Buborékok (Bubbles)'', ''Két szerelem (Two Loves)'', ''A szégyenlős (The Bashful)'', ''Athalia'', etc., in all of which he seized on one or another feature or type of modern life, dramatizing it with intensity, qualified by chaste and well-balanced diction. Of the latter, his classical studies may be taken as the inspiration, and his translation of [[Sophocles]] and [[Plautus]] were the most successful of Magyar translations of the ancient classics. Among his novels are ''Arnold'', ''Az Atlasz család (The Atlas Family''). He died in [[Budapest]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

The [[Csiky Gergely Theatre]] of [[Kaposvár]] and the Hungarian Theatre of [[Timișoara]] bear his name.

==References==
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*{{EB1911|wstitle=Csiky, Gregor|volume=7|page=592}}

==External links==
* {{Gutenberg author | id=32843| name=Gergely Csiky}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Gergely Csiky}}

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