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János Batsányi (9 May 1763 in

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– 12 May 1845 in

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) was a Hungarian

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. In 1785, he published his first work, a

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poem, "The Valour of the Magyars". In the same year he obtained a job as clerk in the treasury of the Hungarian city of Kassa ( Košice), and there, in conjunction with other two Hungarian patriots, edited the ''

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'', which was suppressed by the government in 1792. In the following year he was deprived of his clerkship and in 1794, having taken part in the conspiracy of

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, he was thrown into the state prison of the

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, where he remained for two years. After his release, he took a considerable share in the ''Magyar Minerva'', a literary review, and then proceeded to

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, where he obtained a post in the bank. He married Gabriella Baumberg,aka

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a renowned poet from Vienna in 1805. Four years later he translated

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's proclamation to the Hungarians, and, in consequence of this anti- Habsburg act, had to take refuge in

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. After the fall of Napoleon he was given up to the

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, who allowed him to reside at

until his death, on condition that he never left town. He published a collection of poems at Pest in 1827 and also edited the poetical works of Ányos and

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* 1763 births 1845 deaths 18th-century Hungarian male writers 19th-century Hungarian male writers 18th-century Hungarian poets 19th-century Hungarian poets Hungarian expatriates in Austria Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Writers from Linz People from Tapolca Hungarian male poets {{Hungary-poet-stub