The Life and Works of Hungarian Writers edited by Pál Gulyás – a new series of a large-scale, broader Hungarian literary lexicon from the first half of the 20th century. Publishing of the work stalled in the 1940s and then resumed in the 1990s. In the early 2000s, due to lack of funds, they stopped publishing again, the remaining (considerable) part is still in manuscript. With its 19 published volumes and manuscripts, it is probably the largest single Hungarian literary work in existence.
The series, like other contemporary lexicons, uses column numbering instead of a page. On a printed page, the text is divided into two columns, which means that the number of columns is exactly twice the actual number of pages.
| Volume I | Aaachs – Bálint Rezső | 1939 | 1247 | |
| Volume II | Bálint Sándor – Berényi János | 1940 | 1271 | |
| Volume III | Berényi János – Bredeczky Sámuel | 1941 | 1271 | |
| Volume IV | Brediceanu Kajusz – Czeglédi Rozsika | 1942 | 1271 | |
| Volume V | Czeglédy Sándor – Doctor Linda | 1943 | 952 | |
| Volume VI | Doctor Sándor – Dzurányi László | 1944 | 422 | |
| Volume VII | Ebeczky Béla – Ézsöl Mihály | 1990 | 423 | |
| Volume VIII | Fa Imre – Ferényi Antal | 1992 | 939 | |
| Volume IX | Ferenczy Tibor – Füzy Zoltán | 1992 | 943 | |
| Volume X | Gaál Adorján – Gokler Gyula | 1992 | 994 | |
| Volume XI | Golarski Mici – Gyürky Vidor | 1992 | 990 | |
| Volume XII | Haader György – Házyné | 1993 | 903 | |
| Volume XIII | Häcker Bálint – Hollinger Rudolf | 1993 | 885 | |
| Volume XIV | Hollitzer Gyula – Hyrtl József | 1993 | 858 | |
| Volume XV | Iacob János – Jürkéné | 1993 | 453 | |
| Volume XVI | Kaál Elek – Kovačević, Iovan | 1995 | 1131 | |
| Volume XVII | Kovács A. Ödön – Lyka Károly | 1995 | 1307 | |
| Volume XVIII | Maácz János – Myskovszky Viktor | 1999 | 1375 | |
| Volume XIX | N. Árpádné – Özséb, P[áter] | 2002 | 983 |