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Tibor Déry

Hungarian writer

Péter Nádas

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Imre Kertész

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Endre Ady

Hungarian poet

Sándor Petőfi

Hungarian poet

József Eötvös

József, Baron Eötvös

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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

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

Ferenc Kazinczy

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Géza Csáth

Hungarian short-story writer and music critic

Béla Balázs

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Károly Eötvös

Hungarian writer, lawyer, and politician

Ferenc Molnár

Ferenc Molnár

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Zsigmond, Baron Kemény

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Kálmán Mikszáth

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János Mailáth, lithograph by J. Ruprecht.

János, Count Mailáth

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Gyula Illyés

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József Katona

József Katona

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Berzsenyi, engraving by Miklos Barabas, 1859

Dániel Berzsenyi

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Zsigmond Móricz.

Zsigmond Móricz

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Poetry: First Lines

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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