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Born October 27, 1759 • Hungary
Died August 1831 (aged 71) • Hungary
Subjects Of Study Hungarian literature • Hungarian language

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Ferenc Kazinczy, lithograph after a painting by T. Heinrich, 1859.
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János Mailáth, lithograph by J. Ruprecht.
János, Count Mailáth
Hungarian author
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Mihály Babits
Hungarian author
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Farkas Bolyai
Hungarian mathematician and writer
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Tibor Déry
Hungarian writer
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Endre Ady
Hungarian poet
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Sándor Petőfi
Hungarian poet
János Arany
János Arany
Hungarian poet
Mihály Vörösmarty, detail of a steel engraving by C.A. Schwerdgeburth, after a drawing by Miklós Barabás.
Mihály Vörösmarty
Hungarian writer
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Béla Balázs
Hungarian writer
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Gyula Illyés
Hungarian writer
Berzsenyi, engraving by Miklos Barabas, 1859
Dániel Berzsenyi
Hungarian poet
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Sándor Weöres
Hungarian author
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Dezső Kosztolányi
Hungarian author
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Ferenc Kölcsey
Hungarian poet
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Lajos Kassák
Hungarian writer
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Miklós Zrínyi
Hungarian statesman and poet
Mihály Csokonai Vitéz, charcoal drawing by Félegyházi.
Mihály Csokonai Vitéz
Hungarian poet
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János Batsányi
Hungarian poet
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Sándor Csoóri
Hungarian poet, essayist, and screenwriter
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Imre Madách
Hungarian poet

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