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Sándor Petőfi

1823 - 1849

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Sándor Petőfi (Hungarian: [ˈʃaːndor ˈpɛtøːfi] []; né Petrovics; Slovak: Alexander Petrovič; Serbian: Александар Петровић; 1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849) 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 (National Song), 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 Battle of Segesvár, one of the last battles of the war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sándor Petőfi is the 413th most popular writer (down from 395th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Writer.

Sándor Petőfi is most famous for writing the Hungarian national anthem.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sándor Petőfi ranks 413 out of 7,302. Before him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Wilhelm Grimm, Jorge Amado, W. B. Yeats, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, and Ahmad ibn Fadlan. After him are Wu Cheng'en, James Fenimore Cooper, Henning Mankell, Arthur de Gobineau, Jack Kerouac, and Pietro Aretino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Sándor Petőfi ranks 7. Before him are Max Müller, Abdulmejid I, Phineas Gage, Alfred Russel Wallace, Gyula Andrássy, and Ernest Renan. After him are Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Leopold Kronecker, Édouard Lalo, Alexandre Cabanel, Li Hongzhang, and Jean-Henri Fabre. Among people deceased in 1849, Sándor Petőfi ranks 9. Before him are James K. Polk, Hokusai, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Johann Strauss I, Anne Brontë, and William II of the Netherlands. After him are France Prešeren, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, Charles Albert of Sardinia, René Lesson, Şehzade Abdullah, and Heonjong of Joseon.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Sándor Petőfi ranks 45 out of 1,077. Before him are Lajos Kossuth (1802), Zoltán Kodály (1882), László Bíró (1899), Johnny Weissmuller (1904), Gabor Maté (1944), and Emmerich Kálmán (1882). After him are Sándor Kocsis (1929), Ágnes Keleti (1921), Joseph Pulitzer (1847), Ágota Kristóf (1935), László Kubala (1927), and Sándor Márai (1900).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Sándor Petőfi ranks 3. Before him are Theodor Herzl (1860), and Imre Kertész (1929). After him are Ágota Kristóf (1935), Sándor Márai (1900), Arthur Koestler (1905), Ferenc Molnár (1878), Felix Salten (1869), Ján Kollár (1793), Emma Orczy (1865), Max Nordau (1849), and Nikolaus Lenau (1802).

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