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'''Baron Bálint Balassi de Kékkő et Gyarmat''' ({{langx|hu|Gyarmati és kékkői báró Balassi Bálint}}, {{langx|sk|Valentín Balaša (Valaša) barón z Ďarmôt a Modrého Kameňa}}; 20 October 1554{{snd}}30 May 1594) was a ]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Bálint Balassi|encyclopedia=Britannica.com|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/49873/Balint-Balassi|year=2008|access-date=22 July 2009}}</ref><ref></ref><ref> {{in lang|hu}}</ref> ] lyric poet. He wrote mostly in Hungarian,<ref name="Nemeskürty">István Nemeskürty, Tibor Klaniczay, , Corvina, 1982, p. 64</ref> but was also proficient in eight more languages: Latin, Italian, German, Polish, Turkish, Slovak, Croatian and Romanian.<ref name="Nemeskürty"/> He is the founder of modern Hungarian ] and ].
'''Bálint Balassi''', baron of ] and ], (] ], ] - ] ], ]), was a ] lyric poet, who wrote mostly in ], but also in ].<ref>http://new.kskls.sk/domain/b5/files/eletronicke_dok/balassa.pdf</ref>. He is the founder of modern Hungarian ] and the first author of Hungarian erotic poetry.


==Life==
He was educated by the reformer ] and by his mother, the highly gifted ] zealot, Anna Sulyok.
Balassi was born at ] in the Captaincy of Cisdanubia and Mining Towns in the Kingdom of Hungary (today Zvolen, Slovakia). He was educated by the reformer ] and by his mother, the highly gifted ] zealot, Anna Sulyok.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Balassa, Bálint|volume=3|last= Bain |first= Robert Nisbet |author-link= Robert Nisbet Bain |page=240|short=1}}</ref> He went to school in ] since 1565.


His first work was a translation of ]'s ''Wurlzgertlein für die krancken Seelen'', (published in ]), to comfort his father while in Polish exile. On his father's rehabilitation, Bálint accompanied him to court, and was also present at the coronation ] of ] in ]. He then joined the army and fought the Turks as an officer in the fortress of ] in North-Eastern Hungary. Here he fell violently in love with Anna Losonczi, the daughter of the captain of ], and evidently, from his verses, his love was not unrequited. But after the death of her first husband she gave her hand to Krisztóf Ungnád. His first work was a translation of ]'s ''Wurtzgärtlein für krancke Seelen'' (Little Herb Garden for Sad Souls), (published in ]), to comfort his father while in Polish exile. On his father's rehabilitation, Bálint accompanied him to court, and was also present at the coronation ] in Pressburg (today's ]), capital of ] in 1572. He then joined the army and fought the Turks as an officer in the fortress of ] in North-Eastern Hungary. Here he fell violently in love with Anna Losonczi, the daughter of the captain of ], and evidently, from his verses, his love was not unrequited. But after the death of her first husband she gave her hand to Kristóf Ungnád.<ref name="EB1911"/>


Naturally Balassi only began to realize how much he loved Anna when he had lost her. He pursued her with gifts and verses, but she remained true to her pique and to her marriage vows, and he could only enshrine her memory in immortal verse. Naturally Balassi only began to realize how much he loved Anna when he had lost her. He pursued her with gifts and verses, but she remained true to her pique and to her ], and he could only enshrine her memory in immortal verse.<ref name="EB1911"/>


In ] Bálint was sent to the camp of ] to assist him against ]; but his troops were encountered and scattered on the way there, and he himself was wounded and taken prisoner. His not very rigorous captivity lasted for two years,during which he accompanied Báthory where the latter was crowned as King of Poland.He returned to Hungary soon after the death of his father, János Balassi. In 1574 Bálint was sent to the camp of ] to assist him against ]; but his troops were encountered and scattered on the way there, and he himself was wounded and taken prisoner. His not very rigorous captivity lasted for two years,<ref name="EB1911"/> during which he accompanied Báthory where the latter was crowned as ]. He returned to Hungary soon after the death of his father, János Balassi.{{cn|date=October 2021}}


In 1584 married his cousin, Krisztina Dobó, the daughter of the valiant commandant,István Dobó of ]. This became the cause of many of his subsequent misfortunes. His wife's greedy relatives nearly ruined him by legal processes, and when in 1586 he turned ] to escape their persecutions they slandered him that he and his son had embraced Islam. His desertion of his wife and legal troubles were followed by some years of uncertainty, but in 1589 he was invited to Poland to serve there in the impending war with Turkey. This did not take place and after a spell in the Jesuit College of Braunsberg, Balassi, somewhat disappointed, returned to Hungary in 1591.In the 15 years war he joined the Army, and died of his wounds at the siege of ] the same year. In 1584 he married his cousin, Krisztina Dobó, the daughter of the valiant commandant, ] of ]. This became the cause of many of his subsequent misfortunes. His wife's greedy relatives nearly ruined him by legal processes, and when in 1586 he turned ] to escape their persecutions they slandered him, saying that he and his son had embraced Islam.<ref name="EB1911"/> His desertion of his wife and legal troubles were followed by some years of uncertainty, but in 1589 he was invited to Poland to serve there in the impending war with Turkey. This did not take place and after a spell in the ] of ], Balassi, somewhat disappointed, returned to Hungary in 1591. In the 15 years war he joined the Army, and died at the siege of ]-] the same year as the result of a severe leg wound caused by a cannonball.<ref></ref> He is buried in ] in today's ].{{cn|date=October 2021}}

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⚫ Balassi's poems fall into four divisions: hymns, patriotic and martial songs, original love poems, and adaptations from the ] and ]. They are all most original, exceedingly objective and so excellent in point of style that it is difficult even to imagine him a contemporary of ] and ]. But his erotics are his best productions. They circulated in manuscript for generations and were never printed until 1874, when ] discovered a perfect copy of them in the Radványi library. For beauty, feeling and transporting passion. there is nothing like them in Magyar literature until we come to the age of ] and ]. Balassi was also the inventor of the ] which goes by his name. It consists of nine lines '''a a b c c b d d b''', or three rhyming pairs alternating with the rhyming third, sixth and ninth lines.<ref name="EB1911"/>

==Family tree==
The family tree of the Balassi family:<ref>{{cite book|editor=Ágnes Kenyeres|title=Magyar életrajzi lexikon (1000–1990)|volume=I.|year=1967|publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó|chapter=(A-K)}}</ref>
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==Literary award==
The ] is an annual Hungarian literary award founded by ] in 1997, and presented to an outstanding Hungarian poet, and to a foreign poet for excellence in translation of Hungarian literature, including the works of Balassi.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.balassi.eu |title=Balassi Kard Művészeti Alapítvány |access-date=18 October 2021}}</ref>

==See also==
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⚫ Balassi's poems fall into four divisions: religious hymns, patriotic and martial songs, original love poems, and adaptations from the ] and ]. They are all most original, exceedingly objective and so excellent in point of style that it is difficult even to imagine him a contemporary of ] and ]. But his erotics are his best productions. They circulated in manuscript for generations and were never printed until 1874, when ] discovered a perfect copy of them in the Radványi library. For beauty, feeling and transporting passion. there is nothing like them in Magyar literature until we come to the age of ] and ]. Balassi was also the inventor of the ] which goes by his name. It consists of nine lines a a b c c b d d b, or three rhyming pairs alternating with the rhyming third, sixth and ninth lines.
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Hungarian poet, writer, soldier The native form of this personal name is Balassi Bálint. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Bálint Balassi
Balassi Bálint statue at the Kodály körönd in Budapest

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 Renaissance lyric poet. He wrote mostly in Hungarian, but was also proficient in eight more languages: Latin, Italian, German, Polish, Turkish, Slovak, Croatian and Romanian. He is the founder of modern Hungarian lyric and erotic poetry.

Life

Balassi was born at Zólyom in the Captaincy of Cisdanubia and Mining Towns in the Kingdom of Hungary (today Zvolen, Slovakia). He was educated by the reformer Péter Bornemisza and by his mother, the highly gifted Protestant zealot, Anna Sulyok. He went to school in Nuremberg since 1565.

His first work was a translation of Michael Bock's Wurtzgärtlein für krancke Seelen (Little Herb Garden for Sad Souls), (published in Kraków), to comfort his father while in Polish exile. On his father's rehabilitation, Bálint accompanied him to court, and was also present at the coronation diet in Pressburg (today's Bratislava), capital of Royal Hungary in 1572. He then joined the army and fought the Turks as an officer in the fortress of Eger in North-Eastern Hungary. Here he fell violently in love with Anna Losonczi, the daughter of the captain of Temesvár, and evidently, from his verses, his love was not unrequited. But after the death of her first husband she gave her hand to Kristóf Ungnád.

Naturally Balassi only began to realize how much he loved Anna when he had lost her. He pursued her with gifts and verses, but she remained true to her pique and to her marriage vows, and he could only enshrine her memory in immortal verse.

In 1574 Bálint was sent to the camp of Gáspár Bekes to assist him against Stephen Báthory; but his troops were encountered and scattered on the way there, and he himself was wounded and taken prisoner. His not very rigorous captivity lasted for two years, during which he accompanied Báthory where the latter was crowned as King of Poland. He returned to Hungary soon after the death of his father, János Balassi.

In 1584 he married his cousin, Krisztina Dobó, the daughter of the valiant commandant, István Dobó of Eger. This became the cause of many of his subsequent misfortunes. His wife's greedy relatives nearly ruined him by legal processes, and when in 1586 he turned Catholic to escape their persecutions they slandered him, saying that he and his son had embraced Islam. His desertion of his wife and legal troubles were followed by some years of uncertainty, but in 1589 he was invited to Poland to serve there in the impending war with Turkey. This did not take place and after a spell in the Jesuit College of Braunsberg, Balassi, somewhat disappointed, returned to Hungary in 1591. In the 15 years war he joined the Army, and died at the siege of Esztergom-Víziváros the same year as the result of a severe leg wound caused by a cannonball. He is buried in Hybe in today's Slovakia.

Balassi's poems fall into four divisions: hymns, patriotic and martial songs, original love poems, and adaptations from the Latin and German. They are all most original, exceedingly objective and so excellent in point of style that it is difficult even to imagine him a contemporary of Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos and Péter Ilosvay. But his erotics are his best productions. They circulated in manuscript for generations and were never printed until 1874, when Farkas Deák discovered a perfect copy of them in the Radványi library. For beauty, feeling and transporting passion. there is nothing like them in Magyar literature until we come to the age of Mihály Csokonai Vitéz and Sándor Petőfi. Balassi was also the inventor of the strophe which goes by his name. It consists of nine lines a a b c c b d d b, or three rhyming pairs alternating with the rhyming third, sixth and ninth lines.

Family tree

The family tree of the Balassi family:

Ferenc BalassaOrsolya PerényiBalázs Sulyok
Imre BalassaMenyhért BalassaAnna ThurzóZsigmond BalassaJános BalassaAnna SulyokSára SulyokIstván DobóKrisztina SulyokGyörgy Bocskai
Boldizsár BalassaIstván BalassaBálint BalassiFerenc BalassiDamján DobóFerenc DobóKrisztina Dobó
Katalin HagymássyIstván BocskaiGábor HallerIlona BocskaiMiklós BocskaiKristóf BánffyJudit BocskaiGyörgy Palocsai HorvátKrisztina BocskaiErzsébet BocskaiKristóf Báthory

Literary award

The Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award is an annual Hungarian literary award founded by Pal Molnar in 1997, and presented to an outstanding Hungarian poet, and to a foreign poet for excellence in translation of Hungarian literature, including the works of Balassi.

See also

References

  1. "Bálint Balassi". Britannica.com. 2008. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  2. Homepage of The Bálint Balassi Memorial Sword Award
  3. His biography in the Hungarian Biographical Encyclopedia (in Hungarian)
  4. ^ István Nemeskürty, Tibor Klaniczay, A history of Hungarian literature, Corvina, 1982, p. 64
  5. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Balassa, Bálint". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). p. 240.
  6. Lóránt Czigány: A History of Hungarian Literature / Bálint Balassi
  7. Ágnes Kenyeres, ed. (1967). "(A-K)". Magyar életrajzi lexikon (1000–1990). Vol. I. Akadémiai Kiadó.
  8. "Balassi Kard Művészeti Alapítvány". Retrieved 18 October 2021.

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