ADY, ENDRE Hungarian poet, was born Nov. 21, 1877, at Ermindszent, Transylvania. He was a leader of the modern school and one of the greatest lyrical poets of Hungary. During his youth he became intimate with the publicists and politicians of the Radical and Socialist parties. When he settled down in Budapest he turned his attention towards revolutionary politics and contributed to several Radical papers. He also made prolonged visits to Paris and the Riviera but returned finally to Hungary owing to ill-health, and lived there quietly until his death on Jan. 27, 1919. During the World War he adopted a pacifist attitude, and prophesied the Karolyi revolution of 1918.