The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Beck, Karl

BECK, Karl, Austrian poet: b. Baja, Hungary, 1 May 1817; d. Vienna, 10 April 1879. His poems reflect the passionate temperament of his Hungarian countrymen in sonorous verses of consummate finish. Among his works are &lsquo;Nights&rsquo; (1838); &lsquo;The Poet Arrant&rsquo; (1838); &lsquo;Jankó&rsquo; (1842), a romance in verse; &lsquo;Songs of the Poor Man&rsquo; (1847); &lsquo;Jadwiga&rsquo; (1863), a tale in verse; &lsquo;Mater Dolorosa&rsquo; (1854), a novel.