György Aranka
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György Aranka was a Hungarian writer
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, Szolnok-Doboka County, Principality of Transylvania
. His father György Aranka Senior was the bishop of the Transylvanian Reformed Church.
He studied in Marosvásárhely (now: Târgu Mures) and Nagyenyed
(now: Aiud). For his civil profession he was a lawyer and started his career as a clerk, then worked in different positions in the courts of law of Marosvásárhely In 1796, he became judge of the supreme court of Transylvania
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His activity was of very broad range and had a great importance in the Hungarian cultural history. He was an enthusiastic promoter of the Hungarian public education and the cultivation of the Hungarian language
. His poems were published in the magazines ‘Magyar Hírmondó’ (1780), ‘Magyar Museum’ and ‘Orpheus’. During the 1991 session of the Transylvanian parliament, he established the a society for the cultication of the Hungarian language in Transylvania, and was elected its secretary. In 1792, he organized the Old Manuscript Society for the publishing of old Transylvanian mémoires. He died in Marosvásárhely.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
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Biography
He was born in SeckenSic, Cluj
Sic is a commune in Cluj County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Sic.-Demography:The commune has 2,754 inhabitants, of which 95.75% identify as ethnic Hungarians, 3.99% as ethnic Romanians, and 0.25% as Roma. By religion, 74.98% are Hungarian Reformed, 10% Seventh Day Adventists, 6.6%...
, Szolnok-Doboka County, Principality of Transylvania
Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867)
The Principality of Transylvania or Grand Principality of Transylvania was a province of the Habsburg Monarchy and Austrian Empire.-History:...
. His father György Aranka Senior was the bishop of the Transylvanian Reformed Church.
He studied in Marosvásárhely (now: Târgu Mures) and Nagyenyed
Aiud
Aiud is a city located in Alba county, Transylvania, Romania. The city has a population of 28,934 people. It has the status of municipality and is the second-largest city in the county, after county seat Alba Iulia. The Aiud administrative region is 142.2 square kilometres in area.- Administration...
(now: Aiud). For his civil profession he was a lawyer and started his career as a clerk, then worked in different positions in the courts of law of Marosvásárhely In 1796, he became judge of the supreme court of Transylvania
Transylvania
Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...
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His activity was of very broad range and had a great importance in the Hungarian cultural history. He was an enthusiastic promoter of the Hungarian public education and the cultivation of the Hungarian language
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
. His poems were published in the magazines ‘Magyar Hírmondó’ (1780), ‘Magyar Museum’ and ‘Orpheus’. During the 1991 session of the Transylvanian parliament, he established the a society for the cultication of the Hungarian language in Transylvania, and was elected its secretary. In 1792, he organized the Old Manuscript Society for the publishing of old Transylvanian mémoires. He died in Marosvásárhely.