This study is devoted to the First World War in Hungarian literature. It mentions the utopian vision (Mór Jókai), works created at the front (Géza Gyóni, Béla Balázs, Józsi Jenö Tersánszky, Zsigmond Móricz), works dedicated to deportation (Aladár Kuncz) and works created in the rear, away from the front (Endre Ady, Mihál Babits, Margit Kaffková, Dezsö Szabó, Ferenc Móra).