Author · Hungary
Sándor Petőfi
Died in 1849
Sándor Petőfi, born Sándor Petrovics in Kiskőrös on 1 January 1823, the son of a butcher, goes through several schools, serves for a time as a common soldier, then takes to the roads with a troupe of itinerant actors. His first verses quickly make him famous. On 15 March 1848, he walks through Pest with the young revolutionaries, reading his Nemzeti dal to the crowd. Aide-de-camp to General Bem in the army of Transylvania, he disappears at the battle of Segesvár on 31 July 1849; his body has never been found.
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- PoetryJohn the ValiantJános vitézSándor Petőfi · 1845LiteraturePublic domain