Kölcsey, Ferenc

Kölcsey, Ferenc

▪ Hungarian poet
born Aug. 8, 1790, Sződemeter, Hung., Holy Roman Empire
died Aug. 24, 1838, Cseke, Hung., Austrian Empire

      Hungarian Romantic poet whose poem “Hymnusz” (1823), evoking the glory of Hungary's past, became the national anthem of Hungary.

      Orphaned at an early age and handicapped by the loss of an eye, Kölcsey spent much of his solitary youth reading Greek poets and German classicists. Though he studied law, his real interest lay in the Hungarian language-reform and literary revival that was given impetus by Ferenc Kazinczy (Kazinczy, Ferenc) (q.v.). In the 1820s he began to write more specifically patriotic poetry; toward the end of the decade, driven by a growing conviction that he must actively support Hungarian independence, he became involved in civic affairs, serving from 1832 to 1835 as a member of the Diet.

      Kölcsey's strong moral sense and deep devotion to his country are reflected in his poems, his often severe but masterly literary criticism, and his funeral orations and parliamentary speeches. In his critical essays he laid the foundation of systematic literary criticism and aesthetics in Hungary. In politics he was an intelligent and dignified exponent of the liberal ideas then ascendant. During his lifetime his works appeared mainly in periodicals. The first collected edition of his works appeared in 1886–87.

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