Gábor Dayka (March 21, 1769 in
Miskolc – October 20, 1796 in Ungvár) was a
Hungarian poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...
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Ödön Szamovolszky sculpted the statue of Gábor Dayka. From 1909 until October 1944, it stood in front of the Hungarian-language Drugeth High School in Uzhhorod. It was re-erected on 16 April 1994 after decades of adventures.
Méhes László Mátyás
Kárpáti Lapok, 2015. 3. szám
References
Hungarian male poets
1769 births
1796 deaths
18th-century Hungarian poets
18th-century Hungarian male writers
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