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Ferenc Kazinczy
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Hungarian linguist and writer (1759-1831)
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Ferenc Kazinczy was a Hungarian linguist, literary translator, playwright, and poet. Born in 1759 in Șimian, he was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His literary output includes the work *Koszorúja*. He wrote in the Hungarian language and was associated with the movements of the Age of Enlightenment and Classicism.
Kazinczy died of cholera in 1831 from natural causes. He is buried in Sátoraljaújhely. His name in his native language is Kazinczy Ferenc. He is described in sources such as the *Nordisk familjebok*, the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, the *Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich*, and the *Nouvelle Biographie Générale*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Koszorúja
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1759-10-27 ) 27 October 1759, Érsemjén , Bihar , Hungary , (today Șimian , Romania )
- Died
- 23 August 1831 (1831-08-23) (aged 71), Széphalom , Zemplén County , Hungary , (today part of Sátoraljaújhely )
- Resting place
- Széphalom , Sátoraljaújhely , Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Hungary
- Occupation
- author , neologist , poet , translator , notary , inspector of education
- Language
- Hungarian
- Nationality
- Hungarian
- Education
- law
- Alma mater
- College of Debrecen (1766) , College of Késmárk (1768) , College of Sárospatak (1769–1779)
- Literary movement
- Age of Enlightenment , Classicism
- Notable works
- Tövisek és virágok (1811) , Poétai episztola Vitkovics Mihályhoz (1811) , Ortológus és neológus nálunk és más nemzeteknél (1819)
- Spouse
- Sophie Török ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1804 )
- Children
- Iphigenia , Eugenia , Thalia , Márk Emil Ferenc , Antal Sophron Ferenc , Anna Iphigenia , Bálint Cecil Ferenc , Lajos
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ferenc
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Șimian
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Movement
- Classicism
- Image
- Donát Kazinczy 1812 A.jpg
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- Ferenc Kazinczy
- date of birth
- 1759-10-27
- date of death
- 1831-08-22
- member of
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- Commons gallery
- Ferenc Kazinczy
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Kazinczy Ferenc
- place of burial
- Sátoraljaújhely
- cause of death
- cholera
- birth name
- Kazinczy Ferenc
Sources (2)
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Ferenc Kazinczy, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Ferenc Kazinczy (in older English: Francis Kazinczy; October 27, 1759 – August 23, 1831) was a Hungarian author, poet, translator, neologist, an agent in the regeneration of the Hungarian language and literature at the turn of the 19th century. Today his name is connected with the extensive Language Reform of the 19th century, when thousands of words were coined or revived, enabling the Hungarian language to keep up with scientific progress and become an official language of the nation in 1844. For his linguistic and literary works he is regarded as one of the cultural founders of the Hungarian Reform Era along with Dávid Baróti Szabó, Ferenc Verseghy, György Bessenyei, Mátyás Rát and János Kis.
Life
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