Ferenc Kazinczy
Hungarian author (1759–1831) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ferenc Kazinczy, ([ˈfɛɾɛnts], [ˈkɒzintsi]), (in older English: Francis Kazinczy,[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
Ferenc Kazinczy | |
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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 (m. 1804) |
Children | Iphigenia Eugenia Thalia Márk Emil Ferenc Antal Sophron Ferenc Anna Iphigenia Bálint Cecil Ferenc Lajos |