FERENCZ See also:

• FERENCZ KAZINCZY (1759-1831)

KAZINCZY (1759-1831)  , Hungarian author, the most indefatigable See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent in the regeneration of the Magyar See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and literature at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 27th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1759, at Er-Semlyen, in the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of Bihar, See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary . He studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law at Kassa and Eperies, and in Pest, where he also obtained a thorough knowledge of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French and See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German literature, and made the acquaintance of See also:

• GIDEON (in Hebrew, perhaps " hewer " or " warrior ")

Gideon Raday, who allowed him the use of his library . In 1784 See also:

• KAZINCZY, FERENCZ (1759-1831)

Kazinczy became subnotary for the county of Abaf1j; and in 1786 he was nominated inspector of See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools at Kassa . There he began to devote himself to the restoration of the Magyar language and literature by See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations from classical See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• WORKS

works, and by the See also:

• AUGMENTATION

augmentation of the native vocabulary from See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Magyar See also:

• SOURCES

sources . In 1788, with the assistance of Bar6ti Szabo and See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• BACSANYI, JANOS (1763-1845)

Bacsanyi, he started at Kassa the first Magyar See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• MAGAZINE

magazine, Magyar Muzeum; the See also:

• ORPHEUS

Orpheus, which succeeded it in 1790, was his own creation . Although, upon the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold II., Kazinczy, as a non-See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic, was obliged to resign his See also:

• POST

post at Kassa, his literary activity in no way decreased . He not only assisted Gideon Raday in the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment and direction of the first Magyar dramatic society, but enriched the repertoire with several translations from foreign authors . His See also:

• HAMLET

Hamlet, which first appeared at Kassa in 1790, is a rendering from the German version of See also:

• SCHRODER
• SCHRODER, FRIEDRICH LUDWIG (1744-1816)
• SCHRODER, SOPHIE (1781-1868)

Schroder . Implicated in the democratic See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy of the See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot Martinovics, Kazinczy was arrested on the 14th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1794, and condemned to See also:

• DEATH

death; but the See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence was commuted to imprisonment . He was released in 1801, and shortly afterwards married See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

Sophia Torok, daughter of his former See also:

• PATRON

patron, and retired to his small See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate at Szephalom or " Fairhill," near Sctor-Ujhely, in the county of Zemplen . In 1828 he took an active See also:

• PART

part in the conferences held for the establishment of the Hungarian See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy in the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of which he became the first corresponding member . He died of See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic See also:

• CHOLERA (from the Gr. Xo)du, tile, and Map, to flow)

cholera, at Szephalom, on the 22nd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1831 .

Kazinczy, although possessing See also:

• GREAT

great beauty of See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, cannot be regarded as a powerful and See also:

• ORIGINAL

original thinker; his fame is chiefly due to the felicity of his translations from the masterpieces of See also:

• LESSING, GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM (1729–1781)

Lessing, See also:

• GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)

Goethe, See also:

• WIELAND, CHRISTOPH MARTIN (1733-1813)

Wieland, See also:

• KLOPSTOCK, GOTTLIEB FRIEDRICH (1724–1803)

Klopstock, See also:

• OSSIAN

Ossian, La Rochefoucauld, See also:

• MARMONTEL, JEAN FRANCOIS (1723-1799)

Marmontel, See also:

• MOLIERE (1622-1673)

Moliere, See also:

• METASTASIO (1698-1782)

Metastasio, See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare, See also:

• STERNE, LAURENCE (1713-1768)
• STERNE, RICHARD (c. 15gb-1683)

Sterne, See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, See also:

• SALLUST [Gams SALLUSTIUS CRlspus] (86–34 B.c.)

Sallust, See also:

• ANACREON

Anacreon, and many others . He also edited the works of Baroczy (Pest, 1812, 8 vols.) and of the poet See also:

• ZRINYI, MIKLOS, COUNT (1508—1566)
• ZRINYI, MIKLOS, COUNT (1620—1664)

Zrinyi (1817, 2 vols.), and the poems of Dayka (1813, 3 vols.) and of John Kis, (1815, 3 vols.) . A collective edition of his works (Szep Literatura), consisting for the most part of translations, was published at Pest, 1814-1816, in 9 vols . His original productions (Eredeti Mukdi), largely made up of letters, were edited by See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• BAJZA, JOSEPH (1804-1858)

Bajza and See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis Toldy at Pest, 1836-1845, in 5 vols . See also:

• EDITIONS

Editions of his poems appeared in 1858 and in 1863 .