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Born	May 9, 1763 • Hungary
Died	May 12, 1845 (aged 82) • Linz • Austria

Tibor Déry

Hungarian writer

János Arany

Hungarian poet

Mihály Vörösmarty

Hungarian writer

Gyula Illyés

Hungarian writer

János Mailáth, lithograph by J. Ruprecht.

János, Count Mailáth

Hungarian author

Sándor Weöres

Hungarian author

Lajos Kassák

Hungarian writer

Attila József

Hungarian poet

Farkas Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician and writer

Endre Ady

Hungarian poet

Sándor Petőfi

Hungarian poet

Ferenc Kazinczy

Hungarian literary scholar

Béla Balázs

Hungarian writer

Berzsenyi, engraving by Miklos Barabas, 1859

Dániel Berzsenyi

Hungarian poet

Dezső Kosztolányi

Hungarian author

Ferenc Herczeg

Hungarian writer

Ferenc Kölcsey

Hungarian poet

Mihály Babits

Hungarian author

Miklós Zrínyi

Hungarian statesman and poet

Mihály Csokonai Vitéz

Hungarian poet

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