Statue of Balassi Bálint

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Zsolt

Statue of Bálint Balassi

Bálint Balassi baron of Kékkő and Gyarmat, (20 October 1554, Zólyom – 30 May 1594, Esztergom), was a Hungarian Renaissance lyric poet, who wrote mostly in Hungarian, but also in Turkish. He is the founder of modern Hungarian lyric poetry.

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