Miklós Zrínyi

Enikő Basa (Library of Congress)

Ed. by Virginia L. Lewis, Northern State University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.8.2: Hungarian Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: John Cox (University of North Dakota), Virginia L. Lewis (Northern State University)

Dates

Born 5 Jan 1620
Died 18 Nov 1664
Activity 1648-1664

Places

Born in Hungary
Active in Hungary; Croatia

Activities

Primary

Military commander
Poet
Statesman

Resources

Zrínyi's Works

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Count Miklós Zrinyi (1620-1664) is significant as the author of

Adriai tengernek syrenaia

[

The Siege of Sziget in English

, or more generally called

Szigeti veszedelem

in Hungarian]. László Körössy’s excellent translation of 2011 uses the given title. The work recounts the defense of the author’s great grandfather of the Hungarian fortress of Szigetvár against the Turks in 1566, which stopped an early assault on Vienna. It is a Baroque epic reflecting both the classical tradition and Italian influences, notably of Torquato Tasso. It goes beyond these models, however, to include local and family lore to create an epic which captures the struggle between Christianity and Islam in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. While committed to the patriotic cause and echoing Christian…

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Citation: Basa, Enikő. "Miklós Zrínyi". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 December 2019 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13626, accessed 31 October 2024.]