Mihály Tompa

Mihály Tompa (September 28, 1819 – July 30, 1868), was a Hungarian lyric poet, Calvinist minister and corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Together with János Arany and Sándor Petőfi they formed the triumvirate of young great poets of the Hungarian folk-national literature of the 19th century.

Mihály Tompa
Born(1819-09-28)28 September 1819
Rimaszombat, Austrian Empire (today Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia)
Died30 July 1868(1868-07-30) (aged 48)
Hanva, Austria-Hungary (today Chanava, Slovakia)
OccupationCalvinist minister
poet
LanguageHungarian
NationalityHungarian
SpouseEmília Soldos
ChildrenKálmán
Gejza
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