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Bálint Balassi was a Hungarian poet, translator, and writer who lived from 1554 to 1594. Born in Zvolen, he died in Esztergom. A native speaker of Hungarian, he also spoke Slovak. His religious affiliations included both Catholicism and Protestantism.
Balassi is recognized for his literary contributions, with "The Lost Rider" listed among his top works. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Lost Rider
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Hungary
- Active from
- 1554
- Active to
- 1594
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9
- Total plays
- 85
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/B%C3%A1lint+Balassi">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research
· 2017 · cited 2,292x
- Bright Side of Lignin Depolymerization: Toward New Platform Chemicals
· 2018 · cited 2,111x
- 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease
· 2020 · cited 1,934x
- IUPred2A: context-dependent prediction of protein disorder as a function of redox state and protein binding
· 2018 · cited 1,505x
- Prevalence and correlates of adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: meta-analysis
· 2009 · cited 1,287x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bálint
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Zvolen
- Place of death
- Esztergom
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Slovak
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Image
- Balassi Bálint költő.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bálint Balassi
- date of birth
- 1554-10-20
- date of death
- 1594-05-30
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Bálint Balassi Balassi Bálint statue at the Kodály körönd in Budapest
Baron Valentinus Balassa de Kékkő et Gyarmat (Hungarian: Gyarmati és kékkői báró Balassi Bálint, Slovak: Valentín Balaša (Valaša) barón z Ďarmôt a Modrého Kameňa; 20 October 1554 – 30 May 1594) was a Renaissance lyric poet. He wrote in nine languages: Latin, Italian, German, Polish, Turkish, Slovak, Croatian, Magyar and Romanian. He is the founder of modern slovak lyric and erotic poetry. He lived at Kingdom of Hungary, a multinational state in Central Europe.
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