Janos pilinszky biography

According to the birth certificates, János Pilinszky was born at 35 Rökk Szilárd Street in the 8th District at the Budapest Midwife Training Institute.

Until the age of 11, Pilinszky lived on the second floor of apartment building no. 5 at the corner of Károlyi Street and Magyar Street, right next to Károlyi Garden. The poet was eight years old when the garden became the property of the capital in 1929 and was declared a public park three years later.

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From the second floor window of Pilinszky's home, he could see the Károlyi Garden, his mysterious park surrounded by a stone wall, which was then rebuilt. He attended school in the area, he completed the four grade in Cukor Street, and continued his studies at the Piarist High School from September 1931.

He was already preparing to be a poet during high school.

The Károlyi Garden in 1955, in the background the houses of Magyar Street and Ferenczy István Street (Photo: