PETŐFI, SÁNDOR

shänˈdôr pĕˈtöfē, 1823–49, Hungarian poet and patriot. A failure as an actor, Petőfi became the author of exquisite lyrics. He composed the national poem "Talpra Magyar" (1848), and several epics, including Janos Vitez (1845, tr. 1866). His poetry served as inspiration to the patriots of the Hungarian revolution, in which he was killed.

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books on: PetOfi SAndor  - 104 results

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Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe: From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism
Book by Richard Frucht; Garland Pub., 2000
Subjects: Europe, Eastern--Encyclopedias
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Hungary
Book by Ernst C. Helmreich; Praeger, 1957
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The Unexpected Revolution: Social Forces in the Hungarian Uprising
Book by Paul Kecskemeti; Stanford University Press, 1961
Subjects: Hungary--History--Revolution, 1956
...underground members Geza Losonczy, Sandor Haraszti, Ferenc Donath, and Szilard...committee of this organization, the Petofi Circle Committee, which maintained...nineteenth-century classic figures as Sandor Petofi and Janos Arany to the great poets...
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A History of Modern Hungary, 1867-1994
Book by Jörg K. Hoensch, Kim Traynor; Longman, 1996
Subjects: Hungary--History--1867-1918, Hungary--History--20th Century
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Hungary in Revolution, 1918-19: Nine Essays
Book by Iván Völgyes; University of Nebraska Press, 1971
Subjects: Hungary--History--Revolution, 1918-1919
...leadership of the enlightened landlord Count Sandor Karolyi, and Apponyi, Zichy, and Andrassy...who followed him, Moric Esterhazy and Sandor Wekerle, were weaklings, and Karolyi...7, 1917-March 21, 1919, ed. Mrs. Sandor Gabor et al. Budapest: Szikra...
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Beyond the Nation State
Journal article by G. M. Tamás; Social Research, Vol. 63, 1996
Subjects: Social Sciences--Periodicals
...Question," Regio 3 ( 1992 ). Illyes, Gyula, Petofi Sandor (Budapest: Szepirodalmi, 1963 ). Habermas, Jurgen...Government (London: J.M. Dent Sons, 1910 ). Revesz, Sandor, " A politikai nemzetrol ," Nepszava ( 26 Jan...
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Beyond the Nation State
Journal article by Janos Kis; Social Research, Vol. 63, 1996
Subjects: Social Sciences
...Question," Regio 3 ( 1992 ). Illyes, Gyula, Petofi Sandor (Budapest: Szepirodalmi, 1963 ). Habermas...Government (London: J.M. Dent Sons, 1910 ). Revesz, Sandor, " A politikai nemzetrol ," Nepszava ( 26 Jan...
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Literature and Revolution in Hungary
Journal article by George Gömöri; World Literature Today, Vol. 65, 1991
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
...twenty-five-year-old Sandor Petofi. Opinions may differ...of social justice as Petofi or Attila Jozsef. This...entire post-1945 period, Sandor Weores, and many others...Rebel or Revolutionary? Sandor Petofi , Budapest, Corvina...
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Satellites or Prime Movers? Polish and Hungarian Reactions to the 1956 Events: New Archival Evidence
Journal article by Johanna Granville; East European Quarterly, Vol. 35, 2001
Subjects: History--International aspects, Insurgency--History, Political culture--History
...began at the statue of the poet Sandor Petofi. (66) After articulating the above-mentioned...pierwszy kwarta 1956 roku. (66.) Sandor Petofi is arguably the most famous Hungarian...About the supposed skeleton of Sandor Petofi found in Siberia," in Acta Biologica...
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The Last of the Mohicans: How Walter Ulbricht Endured the Hungarian Crisis of 1956
Journal article by Johanna Granville; German Politics and Society, Vol. 22, 2004
Subjects: Germany--Political aspects, Political history--Evaluation, Politicians--Political activity, Ulbricht, Walter--Political activity
...Losonczy, Miklos Gimes, Sandor Haraszti, Gyula Hay, Tamas...the young members of the Petofi Circle Peto fi Kor, an...Jozef Bern, and the poet Sandor Petofi. (128) By contrast, despite...his family was Slovak, Sandor Petofi is arguably the most famous...
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magazine articles on: PetOfi SAndor  - 4 results

 
 
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A Student's Appeal to the Conscience of the World: Gabriel Ronay Remembers the Dramatic Days of October 1956 When, as a Student in Budapest, He Was at the Heart of the Protests against the Soviet Occupation
Magazine article by Gabriel Ronay; History Today, Vol. 56, October 2006
Subjects: Communists--Political activity, Hungary--History, Hungary--Political aspects, Soviet Union--Political aspects, Stalin, Joseph--Political activity, Students--Personal narratives, Students--Political activity
...nineteenth-century revolutionary poet, Sandor Petofi), had followed with elation the...demonstration. The reformist press, the Petofi Circle and the Writers Union debates...and recitals of patriotic poems at Petofis statue and a show of solidarity...
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The Hungarian Evolution
Magazine article by Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn; National Review, Vol. 40, July 22, 1988
Subjects: Civil rights--Hungary, Freedom of the press--Hungary, Hungary--Political aspects
...1848 Hungarian revolution against Austrian rule, when Sandor Petofi read his famous poem in public: Rise, Hungarians, long...the question--take your choice! This year, at the Petofi monument, the crowd recited the poem in chorus, and...
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A Malign Legacy
Magazine article by David Pryce-Jones; New Criterion, Vol. 20, December 2001
Subjects: Cold War--Political aspects, Communism--Social aspects, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives, National socialism--Personal narratives, Nationalism--Social aspects, Totalitarianism--Social aspects, World history--20th century
...1944-1948 (2001), a wonderfully evoked work, Sandor Marai describes how his very first sighting...grandfathers annotated copy of the poems of Petofi, I cherished romantic fantasies about...mirror-image of the moment in 1944 when Sandor Marai had looked to the arrival of Soviet...
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Hungary's Battle for Memory
Magazine article by John W. Mason; History Today, Vol. 50, March 2000
Subjects: Hungary--History
...memory for political purposes. On March 15th, 1848, a group of radical students, including Hungarys greatest poet, Sandor Petofi, proclaimed a Twelve Point programme in the cafe Pilvax in Pest, thus sparking off the Hungarian revolution. This was...


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newspaper articles on: PetOfi SAndor  - 2 results

 
 
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Home Again, Briefly, in Hungary
Newspaper article by Eva Harnik; The Washington Times, October 14, 2000
...1848-49. The great Hungarian poet Sandor Petofi expressed the spirit of this uprising...live enslaved again. The patriot Petofi died on the battlefield, but his...Another of the hills is named after Petofi, the poet patriot. St. Stephen and...
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How Magyars Scourged, Then Founded a Nation over 1,000 Years
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 29, 2003
...figures included the statesman Lajos Kossuth and the poet Sandor Petofi - and its hopes for a free and progressive Hungary to...included some of the most famous Magyars. The poet Sandor Petofi, the beloved hero of the Revolution of 1848, was born...


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encyclopedia articles on: PetOfi SAndor  - 3 results

 
 
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PetŐfi, SÁndor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PETOFI, SANDOR shan dor pe tofe, 1823 49, Hungarian poet and patriot. A failure as an actor, Petofi became the author of exquisite lyrics. He composed the national poem "Talpra...
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Hungarian Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...poets Karoly Kisfaludy (also a noted dramatist), his brother Sandor, Janos Arany , Mihaly Vorosmarty , and Sandor Petofi , and the novelist Mor Jokai . Endre Ady and Attila Jozsef were the outstanding early 20th cent. poets; the...
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Hungary
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...constitutional liberalism gained strength. Among its leaders were Count Szechenyi , Louis Kossuth , Baron Eotvos , Sandor Petofi , and Francis Deak . Inspired by the French Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian diet passed the March Laws (1848...


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