Géza Gyóni

Géza Gyóni
Gyóni c. 1910s
Native name
Gyóni Géza
Born(1884-06-25)25 June 1884
Dabas, Transleithania, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died25 June 1917(1917-06-25) (aged 33)
Krasnoyarsk, Yenisey Governorate, Russian Republic
Allegiance Austria-Hungary
BranchHonvédség
Service years1907-1909
1913-1917
Conflicts
The native form of this personal name is Gyóni Géza. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Géza Gyóni (25 June 1884 – 25 June 1917) was a Hungarian war poet. He died in a Russian prisoner of war camp during the First World War. His many verse contributions to Hungarian literature are considered to be both immortal and the Hungarian language's equivalent to the poetry of Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, and Isaac Rosenberg.

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