Bálint Balassi
Hungarian poet, writer, soldier / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The native form of this personal name is Gyarmati és kékkői báró Balassi Bálint. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Baron Bálint Balassi de Kékkő et Gyarmat (Hungarian: Gyarmati és kékkői báró Balassi Bálint, Slovak: Valentín Balaša (Valaša) barón z Ďarmôt a Modrého Kameňa; 20 October 1554 – 30 May 1594) was a Hungarian[1][2][3] Renaissance lyric poet. He wrote mostly in Hungarian,[4] but was also proficient in eight more languages: Latin, Italian, German, Polish, Turkish, Slovak, Croatian and Romanian.[4] He is the founder of modern Hungarian lyric and erotic poetry.