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Born	February 22, 1712 • Hungary
Died	March 3, 1769 (aged 57)

János Mailáth, lithograph by J. Ruprecht.

János, Count Mailáth

Hungarian author

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Farkas Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician and writer

Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.

Hugo Grotius

Dutch statesman and scholar

László Krasznahorkai

László Krasznahorkai

Hungarian novelist and screenwriter

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Tibor Déry

Hungarian writer

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Péter Nádas

Hungarian author

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Imre Kertész

Hungarian writer

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Endre Ady

Hungarian poet

József Eötvös

József, Baron Eötvös

Hungarian writer

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Sándor Petőfi

Hungarian poet

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Richard Henry Tawney

British economist

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

Ferenc Kazinczy, lithograph after a painting by T. Heinrich, 1859.

Ferenc Kazinczy

Hungarian literary scholar

Csáth, Géza

Géza Csáth

Hungarian short-story writer and music critic

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Béla Balázs

Hungarian writer

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Károly Eötvös

Hungarian writer, lawyer, and politician

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Kálmán Mikszáth

Hungarian author

Ferenc Molnár

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian author

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Gyula Illyés

Hungarian writer