Kelemen Mikes
Mikes Kelemen • Illustration — Kelemen Mikes Kelemen Mikes (1690–1761) was a Transylvanian-born Hungarian political figure and essayist, noted for his rebellious activities against the Habsburg monarchy. Mikes is referred to as the "Hungarian Goethe", made famous by his Letters from Turkey. He fought the Habsburg until being forced to flee to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, France and eventually the Ottoman Empire.
Kelemen Mikes
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- Born
- 1690 · Zăbala.
- Died
- 1761 · Tekirdağ.
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- writer · translator
- Fields
- literature · translation from French
- Languages
- Hungarian · French
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While in Tekirdağ, where he lived in exile with the Transylvanian Prince Ferenc Rákóczi, Mikes completed and published his essays. After Rákóczi's death in 1735, he stayed in exile until his own death.
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1690
Kelemen Mikes born at Zăbala.
1761
Kelemen Mikes died at Tekirdağ.
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Zăbala.
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Tekirdağ.
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Literature
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Tüskés Gábor et Knapp Éva, « Testetlen ige egy szellemi hazában » Mikes Kelemen [« Verbe immatériel dans une patrie spirituelle » Kelemen Mikes], Budapest, Balassi, 2024, Dix-huitième siècle, 2025
Mikes, Kelemen, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020
Mikes, Kelemen: Törökországi levelek, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020
Letters from Turkey by Mikes Kelemen Bernard Adams (review), Slavonic and East European Review, 2002
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