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Also known as Balint Balassi

Hungarian poet, writer, soldier

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Gender
Male
Origin
Hungary
Active from
1554
Active to
1594

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Bálint Balassi
date of birth
1554-10-20
date of death
1594-05-30
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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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