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Ferenc Kazinczy

1759 - 1831

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Ferenc Kazinczy (Hungarian: [ˈkɒzintsi ˈfɛrɛnt͡s]), (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferenc Kazinczy is the 3,016th most popular writer (down from 2,862nd in 2019), the 220th most popular biography from Romania (down from 201st in 2019) and the 29th most popular Romanian Writer.

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Among writers, Ferenc Kazinczy ranks 3,016 out of 7,302. Before him are Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Leonid Leonov, Rachel Bluwstein, Anne McCaffrey, John Aubrey, and Cristina Peri Rossi. After him are Juan Pablo Bonet, Titus Burckhardt, Viktor Dyk, Antal Szerb, Jean Lorrain, and Christian Dietrich Grabbe.

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Among people born in 1759, Ferenc Kazinczy ranks 28. Before him are Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, François Devienne, Johann Christian Reil, Matsudaira Sadanobu, Franz Krommer, and Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths. After him are Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, William Playfair, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Maximilian von Montgelas, Jakob II Bernoulli, and Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles. Among people deceased in 1831, Ferenc Kazinczy ranks 36. Before him are James Hoban, Sébastien Érard, Ryōkan, Vasily Golovnin, Jedediah Smith, and Franz Krommer. After him are Henry Maudslay, Sarah Siddons, Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Anton Delvig.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ferenc Kazinczy ranks 220 out of 844. Before him are Edward Luttwak (1942), Sabbas the Goth (334), Constantin Ion Parhon (1874), Nicolae Paulescu (1869), Johann Hedwig (1730), and Sebastian Stan (1982). After him are Ion Ghica (1816), Ștefan Barbu (1908), Ferenc Dávid (1510), Kadriye Nurmambet (1933), Miodrag Belodedici (1964), and Radu Vasile (1942).

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Among WRITERS In Romania

Among writers born in Romania, Ferenc Kazinczy ranks 29. Before him are Eva Mozes Kor (1934), Richard Wurmbrand (1909), Ion Creangă (1837), Mihail Sadoveanu (1880), Marthe Bibesco (1886), and Benjamin Fondane (1898). After him are Tudor Arghezi (1880), Liviu Rebreanu (1885), Elena Văcărescu (1864), Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802), Alexandru Macedonski (1854), and Nichita Stănescu (1933).

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