← Gyula IllyésPetőfiby Gyula IllyésBiography of Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi and his legacyFind 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 IllyésPeople of the PusztaSociological study of peasant life on the Hungarian plains→The Puszta→Hunok Párizsban→Kora tavasz→