Kisfaludy, SANDOR (ALEXANDER), a Hungarian poet, was born at Sümeg, in the county of Zala, on 22d September 1772. He served in the Austrian army from 1793 to 1801, and again in
1809. The rest of his life was devoted to literature and farming. He established his fame by a collection of lyrics—his best work—entitled Himfy's Loves (1801-7), which created extraordinary enthusiasm; and his fame was further enhanced by Legends of the Olden Time in Hungary (1807; 2d ed. 1812). Kisfaludy also attempted the drama, but less successfully; his best dramas are John Hunyadi and Ladislaus the Cumanian. He was one of the founders of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, which has rendered inestimable service in the advancement of the literary and intellectual life of Hungary. He died at Sümeg, 30th October 1844. His Collected Works appeared in 6 vols. in 1847, to which 4 vols. of Posthumous Writings were added in 1870.