SÁNDOR PETŐFI

A Quest for Heroes2013 - 15

József Gregor Általános Iskola

SÁNDOR PETŐFI

1823-1849

Poet, revolutionist, national hero, the most

popular figure of the Hungarian poetry

Petőfi’s place of birth in Kiskőrös

He was born in Kiskőrös

Parents Petrovics István Hrúz Mária

1839-1843

Restless period of travelling.

He joined to a travelling theatre.

Munkácsy Mihály: Petőfi is leaving his birthplace

1844-1846

~ Pest ~ Love and

disappointment

Csapó EtelkaMednyánszky Berta

Orlay Petrics Soma: Petőfi

1846-1847

New faith- urge of acting

The Fellowship of the Ten

Arany János - friendshipSzendrey Júlia - love

Orlay Petrics Soma: Petőfi in his study

New faith- urge of acting

• The Fellowship of the Ten – Pilvax – demokracy • Became the collaborator of the review Genre • Became the friend of Earl Sándor Teleki, the

„wild earl”• Szendrey Júlia ♥ ♥ ♥.

1846. szept.8. – got to know her

1847. szept.8. – married her • Honeymoon: in the castle of Teleki: in Koltó

***HAPPINESS***

Júlia and Sándor

1848-1849

Revolution and war of

independence

Revolution and war of independence

• 15 March 1848: THE REVOLUTION BURST

OUT• As the leader of the youth of March

he became the protagonist of the events.

• Beside the 12 points the The National Poem expressed the most the national will.

• 15 March 1848 was the day of revolution and also was said to be the day of Petőfi.

The Nemzeti dal ("National Poem") is a poem written by Sándor Petőfi that is said to have

inspired the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Petőfi read the poem aloud on March 15 in Vörösmarty

Square in Budapest to a gathering crowd. The revolution began right there and then.

Nemzeti dal

Talpra magyar, hí a haza!Itt az idő, most vagy soha!Rabok legyünk vagy szabadok?Ez a kérdés, válasszatok! –A magyarok istenéreEsküszünk,Esküszünk, hogy rabok továbbNem leszünk!

…

The National Poem On your feet, Magyar, the

homeland calls!The time is here, now or never!Shall we be slaves or free?This is the question, choose your answer! -By[ the God of the HungariansWe vow,We vow, that we will be slavesNo longer!

…

Petőfi on the steps of the National Museum

31 July 1849: In the battle of Segesvár on the road to Héjjasfalva, Petőfi was stabbed to death by a Cossack.

• He died on the battlefield, so his dream came true, which he wrote about in one of his poems:

„One thought keeps going round my head:The thought of dying in my bed!...There, where guns resound,Let my corpse be found,There let my young heart drain its blood away,…Let my body beTrodden by cavalryTheir horses blowing, hot with triumph wrungFrom death and leave me broken in the dung.

His carreer, the vareity of forms in hispoetry

• Popular poems• Family poems• Epic poems• Travelogues• Landscape poems• Love poems• Revolutionary vision poetry • The poems of war of independence

John the Vailant The blistering sun in the midsummer sky 

Beats down on the shepherd boy from on high. No need for the sun to be blazing above, Inside him, the shepherd is burning with love.

With fiery young love his heart is blazing.At the edge of the village his sheep are grazing. Past the edge of the village they’re grazing all over, While he lolls on his sheepskin cloak in the clover.

John the Vailant