In 1913, he became a tutor to a wealthy family and received a little income from writing but still lived in poverty.[3]Tuberculosis led him to rest at the Svedlér Sanitorium in the Tatra Mountains.
During the period of the revolutionary government after World War I, he became secretary of the Vörösmarty Academy, but lost the position and couldn't find new work after the government's fall.[citation needed] He remained poor and sick with tuberculosis for the rest of his life, succumbing to the disease in Budapest in 1928.[4] His prolonged suffering led him to consider suicide at one point – although he did join the staff of Az Est in 1921.[citation needed]
In Debrecen, a secondary school was named after him. In April 2011, the Hungarian National Bank issued a commemorative silver coin celebrating the 125th anniversary of the poet's birth.[5]
Works
He was a major lyric poet and contributed to the Nyugat School. His core themes focused on fleeting happiness and resignation.
^The Hungarian Quarterly, Volumes 3-5. Hungarian Quarterly. 1962. It is to the author's pleasure that two of Toth's poems could be published in English in the supplement to this article. It is worthwhile to get acquainted with this fine-stringed and soft-speaking poet
^Noth, Ernst Erich (1968). Books Abroad. 42. University of Oklahoma Press. The majority of the translations are outstanding, thanks to the participation of all the important Hungarian poets and translators: Sandor Weores, Gyula Illyes, Lorinc Szabo, Dezso Kosztolinyi, Arpad Toth...{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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