The native form of this personal name is Kazinczy Ferenc. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Ferenc Kazinczy
Kazinczy by János Donát, 1812
Born
(1759-10-27)27 October 1759 Érsemjén, Bihar, Hungary (today Șimian, Romania)
Died
23 August 1831(1831-08-23) (aged 71) Széphalom, Zemplén County, Hungary (today part of Sátoraljaújhely)
Resting place
Széphalom, Sátoraljaújhely, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Hungary
Occupation
author neologist poet translator notary inspector of education
Language
Hungarian
Nationality
Hungarian
Education
law
Alma mater
College of Debrecen (1766) College of Késmárk (1768) College of Sárospatak (1769-1779)
Literary movement
Age of Enlightenment Classicism
Notable works
Tövisek és virágok (1811) Poétai episztola Vitkovics Mihályhoz (1811) Ortológus és neológus nálunk és más nemzeteknél (1819)
Spouse
Sophie Török
(m. 1804)
Children
Iphigenia Eugenia Thalia Márk Emil Ferenc Antal Sophron Ferenc Anna Iphigenia Bálint Cecil Ferenc Lajos
Ferenc Kazinczy (in older English: Francis Kazinczy,[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
^Philological Society (Great Britain): Transactions of the Philological Society -PAGE: 33,
^"1759. október 27. Kazinczy Ferenc születése". www.rubicon.hu.
^"AZ IRODALOMTÖRTÉNET ÉS KRITIKA. - Magyar irodalomtörténet - Kézikönyvtár". www.arcanum.hu.
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