On his mother's side, he came from an impoverished but ancient noble family while his father was the descendant of serfs.

[1] He studied at the Debrecen Reformed Theological University (1891–1893), Sárospataki Kollégium (1894–1896), and in Kisújszállás and Szakoly (1896–1898).

During the revolutionary government after World War I, he was vice president of the Vörösmarty Academy.

After its fall, his plays were not performed in the National Theater, and his work was published only in Nyugat and Az Est.

His novels express the lives of the Hungarian peasantry and dealt with issues of poverty.