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Sándor Petőfi
Sándor Petőfi was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary's national poet, and was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. He is the author of the Nemzeti dal, which is said to have inspired the revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary that grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire. It is most likely, albeit unknown, that he died in the…
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entertainment · Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary · poet · translator · actor · writer · philologist · freedom fighter · also Sándor Petőfi, Sandor Petöfi, Alexander Petőfi, Petőfi
Born 1 January 1823 · Died 31 July 1849 · Q81219
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2023· 1 entry
1990· 1 entry
An expedition was organised to Barguzin, Buryatia, Siberia, where archaeologists claimed to have unearthed Petőfi's skeleton
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1918· 1 entry
After the army of the newly independent First Czechoslovak Republic occupied the city, the statue was dynamited
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1911· 1 entry
A statue of Sándor Petőfi was erected in Pozsony (present-day Bratislava), on the Main Square
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1849· 1 entry
Died 1849-07-31.
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1844· 1 entry
Walked from Debrecen to Pest to find a publisher for his poems and succeeded
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1842· 3 entries
Joined a travelling theatre but had to leave it to earn money
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His poem "A borozó" (The Wine Drinker) was first published in the literary magazine Athenaeum under the name Sándor Petrovics
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Studied at Pápai Református Kollegium (1841–1842).
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1835· 1 entry
Studied at Piarist Gymnasium of Budapest (1834–1835).
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1834· 1 entry
Studied at Fasori Gimnázium (1833–1834).
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1823· 2 entries
“Freedom and love Are dear to me; My life I give, Sweet love, for thee, Yet love I give For liberty.”
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Born 1823-01-01.
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