Sándor Petőfi, Hungary’s National Poet, Born 200 Years Ago

Two hundred years ago, on January 1, 1823, Sándor Petőfi, one of the best-known Hungarian poets, was born. A key figure of the 1848/49 revolution and freedom fight against the Habsburgs, he is the author of the poem “National Song.” Petőfi was born on New Year’s morning of 1823, in the town of Kiskőrös (today […]