Among the literary figures of Berettyóújfalu and its surroundings, Nadányi Zoltán, poet, literary translator, chief archivist of Bihar County, occupies a prominent place. He was born to an impoverished noble family in 1892 in the village of Feketegyőrös. He completed his primary education privately, then graduated from the high school in Nagyvárad (Oradea) and studied at the Law Academy. After marriage, he settled on the family estate in Bakonszeg, and in 1926 he moved to Berettyóújfalu and was appointed archivist of Bihar County. He was actively involved in shaping the cultural life of the town. One of the important themes of his poetry is love and the praise of female beauty. In his poems Berettyóújfalu is called “village-city”. In the satires of the Piripócs cycle in his volume entitled The Silver Garden, the typical figures of the settlement are depicted. He died in 1955 in Budapest.

In 1935, Szabó Pál, Sinka István and Barsi Dénes founded the Kelet Népe, an important journal of folk writers. In 1935, the first issues of the journal were printed in Berettyóújfalu, in the printing house located in the former village hall. The founders were common people of peasant origin, but they were also dedicated and knowledgeable people who wanted to provide a platform for talented peasant poets of similar background. The Kelet Népe later developed into a journal of national importance. Its last editor-in-chief was Móricz Zsigmond. With his death, the journal also ceased to exist.

Many of our distinguished Hungarian authors, such as Kazinczy Ferenc, Kölcsey Ferenc, Arany János, Miklós Jutka, Konrád György, etc., called the Bihar region their homeland.