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Bálint Balassi

1554 - 1594

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Baron Bálint Balassi 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 Hungarian Renaissance lyric poet. He wrote mostly in Hungarian, but was also proficient in eight more languages: Latin, Italian, German, Polish, Turkish, Slovak, Croatian and Romanian. He is the founder of modern Hungarian lyric and erotic poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bálint Balassi is the 2,004th most popular writer (up from 2,287th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 71st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Slovak Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bálint Balassi ranks 2,004 out of 7,302. Before him are Péter Esterházy, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Vasyl Stus, Langston Hughes, and Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas. After him are Konstantin Ushinsky, Bion of Smyrna, Joachim Neander, Anne Golon, Alciphron, and Hirokazu Kanazawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1554, Bálint Balassi ranks 9. Before him are Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, Walter Raleigh, Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Marietta Robusti, and Philip William, Prince of Orange. After him are Philip Sidney, Ernest of Bavaria, Wakisaka Yasuharu, Bartolomeo Carducci, Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, and Richard Hooker. Among people deceased in 1594, Bálint Balassi ranks 10. Before him are Orlande de Lassus, Ishikawa Goemon, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, Martin Frobisher, Alonso de Ercilla, and Thomas Kyd. After him are William Allen, and Girolamo Mei.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Bálint Balassi ranks 62 out of 418. Before him are Alajos Szokolyi (1871), Matthew III Csák (1260), Jozef Tomko (1924), Barbara Zápolya (1495), Jozef Adamec (1942), and Mikuláš Dzurinda (1956). After him are Karol Dobiaš (1947), Stefan Vojislav (990), Johann Andreas Segner (1704), Teréz Brunszvik (1775), Ányos Jedlik (1800), and Adolf Scherer (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Slovakia

Among writers born in Slovakia, Bálint Balassi ranks 4. Before him are Tibor Sekelj (1912), Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795), and Ľudovít Štúr (1815). After him are Vladimír Clementis (1902), Imre Madách (1823), Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849), Alexander Dukhnovych (1803), Kálmán Mikszáth (1847), Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817), Janko Matúška (1821), and Samo Chalupka (1812).

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