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Imre Madách

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Imre Madách de Sztregova et Kelecsény (January 20, 1823 – October 5, 1864) was a Hungarian writer, poet, lawyer and politician. His major work is The Tragedy of Man (Az ember tragédiája, 1861). It is a dramatic poem approximately 4000 lines long, which elaborates on ideas comparable to Goethe's Faust. The author was encouraged and advised by János Arany, one of the most famous of 19th century Hungarian poets. Description above from the Wikipedia article Imre Madách, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

Alsósztregova, Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia) on 20th January 1823

Died

5th October 1864

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