Dániel Berzsenyi
Dániel Berzsenyi (woodcut by Gusztáv Morelli )
Dániel Berzsenyi von Egyházasberzseny [ ˈdaːniɛl ˈbɛrʒɛɲi ] (born May 7, 1776 in Egyházashetye , Hungary , † February 24, 1836 in Nikla ) was a Hungarian poet .
Dániel Berzsenyi studied at the Protestant Lyceum in Ödenburg . Then he entered the military and lived on his estate. In 1799 he married Zsuzsanna Dukai Takács and moved with her first to Sömjén , later to Nikla.
The importance of his poetry lies in the fact that the modern, romantic approach to life first appeared in Hungarian literature. In 1830 he was elected a full member of the Philosophical Class of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences . Berzsenyi took an active part in the literary life of the epoch through correspondence and art criticism.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Berzsenyi, Daniel . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University printing house L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, pp. 344–346 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berzsenyi, Dániel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Berzsenyi from Egyházasberzseny, Dániel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1776 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Egyházashetye , Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1836 |
| Place of death | Nikla |