János Arany
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János Arany
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| Born |
2 March 1817 Nagyszalonta, Kingdom of Hungary (now part of Romania) |
| Died | 22 October 1882 (aged 65) Budapest |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, poet, translator, teacher |
| Language | Hungarian |
| Alma mater | University of Debrecen |
| Notable works | Toldi trilogy, The Bards of Wales |
| Spouse | Julianna Ercsey |
János Arany (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈjaːnoʃ ˈɒrɒɲ]; archaically English: John Arany; 2 March 1817—22 October 1882), was a Hungarian journalist, writer, poet, and translator. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 40 ballads which have been translated into over 50 languages, as well as the Toldi trilogy, to mention his most famous works.
He was born in Nagyszalonta, Bihar county, Habsburg Hungary. He was the youngest of ten children, but because of tuberculosis running in the family, only two of them lived beyond childhood. At the time of his birth, his older sister Sára was already married and his parents, György Arany and Sára Megyeri, were 60 and 44 years old, respectively. János Arany learned to read and write early on, and was reported to read anything he could find in Hungarian and Latin. Since his parents needed support early in Arany's life, he began working at the age of 14 as an associate teacher.
From 1833 he attended the Reformed College of Debrecen where he studied German and French, though he quickly became tired of scholarly life, and temporarily joined an acting troupe. Later on, he worked in Nagyszalonta, Debrecen, and Budapest as teacher, newspaper editor, and in various clerk positions.
In 1840 he married Julianna Ercsey (1816–1885). They had two children, Julianna, whose early death by pneumonia devastated the poet, and László, who also became a poet and a collector of Hungarian folktales.
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