← Gyula IllyésPeople of the Pusztaby Gyula IllyésSociological study of peasant life on the Hungarian plainsFind on Amazon↗About the authorGyula IllyésHungarian author, poet, and playwright who was one of the most influential cultural figures of 20th-century Hungary. People of the Puszta is his masterpiece, a documentary-literary account of the desperate lives of Hungarian farm laborers.More by Gyula IllyésThe Puszta→Hunok Párizsban→PetőfiBiography of Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi and his legacy→Kora tavasz→