Bálint Balassi

Bálint Balassi was born at Zólyom Castle on 20 October 1554. Raised by the preacher Péter Bornemisza, he studied in Nuremberg, then served in the border fortresses against the Ottomans, notably as an officer at Eger. In 1584 he married his cousin Krisztina Dobó; the lawsuits brought against him by his in-laws ruined him, the marriage was eventually dissolved, and he withdrew to Poland on several occasions. Wounded by a cannonball at the siege of Esztergom, he died on 30 May 1594.

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• PoetryBalassi Bálint verseiBálint Balassi · 1590not translated into EnglishLiterature