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BACSANYI (1763-1845)  , Hungarian poet, was born at Tapolcza on the 11th of May 1763 . In 1785 he published his first work, a patriotic poem, The Valour of the Magyars . In the same year he obtained a situation as clerk in the treasury at Kaschau, and there, in conjunction with other two Hungarian patriots, edited the Magyar Museum, 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 Bishop Martinovich, he was thrown into the state prison of the Spielberg, near Brunn, 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 Vienna, where he obtained a post in the bank, and married . In 1809 he translated Napoleon's proclamation to the Magyars, and, in con-sequence of this anti-Austrian act, had to take refuge in Paris . After the fall of Napoleon he was given up to the Austrians, who allowed him to reside at Linz, on condition of never leaving that town . He published a collection of poems at Pest, 1827 (2nd ed . Buda, 1835), and also edited the poetical works of Anyos and Faludi . He died at Linz on the 12th of May 1845 .