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Facts

Born December 1, 1800 • Hungary
Died November 19, 1855 (aged 54) • Pest • Hungary • (Anniversary in 6 days)
Notable Works “Csongor és Tünde” • “Zalán futása”

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Mihály Vörösmarty, detail of a steel engraving by C.A. Schwerdgeburth, after a drawing by Miklós Barabás.
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Tibor Déry
Hungarian writer
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Farkas Bolyai
Hungarian mathematician and writer
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Béla Balázs
Hungarian writer
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Gyula Illyés
Hungarian writer
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Ferenc Herczeg
Hungarian writer
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Mihály Babits
Hungarian author
Mihály Csokonai Vitéz, charcoal drawing by Félegyházi.
Mihály Csokonai Vitéz
Hungarian poet
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Imre Madách
Hungarian poet
Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
Samuel Johnson
English author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden
British poet
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
Wole Soyinka, 2015
Wole Soyinka
Nigerian author
Southey, detail of a pencil and watercolour portrait by R. Hancock, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Southey
English author
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson
Norwegian author
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Allen Curnow
New Zealand author
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
British poet
Scottish poet Allan Ramsay
Allan Ramsay
Scottish poet
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Salvatore Quasimodo
Italian poet
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Sir Stephen Spender
English poet

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