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Born October 5, 1786 • Budapest • Hungary
Died January 3, 1855 (aged 68) • near Munich • Germany
Subjects Of Study Hungarian literature • fable • folk tale • legend • Austria-Hungary • Hungarian

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János Mailáth, lithograph by J. Ruprecht.
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Mihály Babits
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Gyula Illyés
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Tibor Déry
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János Arany
János Arany
Hungarian poet
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Martin Opitz
German poet
Mihály Vörösmarty, detail of a steel engraving by C.A. Schwerdgeburth, after a drawing by Miklós Barabás.
Mihály Vörösmarty
Hungarian writer
António Feliciano de Castilho
António Feliciano de Castilho
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Ferenc Kazinczy, lithograph after a painting by T. Heinrich, 1859.
Ferenc Kazinczy
Hungarian literary scholar
Freiligrath, Ferdinand
Ferdinand Freiligrath
German poet
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Sándor Weöres
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Lajos Kassák
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János Batsányi
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Miklos Szentkuthy
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Attila József
Hungarian poet
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Iancu Văcărescu
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Charlotte Endymion Porter
American editor
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Farkas Bolyai
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Portrait of poet Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
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Lamartine, detail of an oil painting by François Gérard; in the Musée National de Versailles et des Trianons
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