In Hungarian literature, which poet published the revolutionary modernist collection Új versek (New Poems) in 1906, introducing symbolic visions of Hungarian decay and rebirth?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Endre Ady
- Step 1: Endre Ady's Új versek in 1906 marked the watershed birth of Hungarian modernism, featuring radical cycles like Léda poems and national laments. Answer: Endre Ady. Why not the others: Babits was known for philosophical classicism and virtuosic verse forms, Kosztolányi for elegant psychological prose and impressionist verse, and Tóth for elegiac melancholy.
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