Ferenez Kazinczy, a Hungarian author, born in the county of Bihar, Oct. 27, 1759, died in that of Zemplen, Aug. 22, 1831. He pursued his classical studies from 1769 to 1779 at the college of Patak, and subsequently studied law at Kaschau. On the recommendation of Count Torok he was made inspector of schools, but devoted himself chiefly to literature, and especially to the restoration of the Magyar language in its purity, and the development of all its literary capabilities. With Szab6 and Bacsanyi he edited the "Magyar Museum," and subsequently alone the "Orpheus," both literary magazines published at Kaschau. Having become implicated in the democratic conspiracy of the abbot Martinovics, he was suddenly arrested at the house of his mother in Lower Regmecz, on Dec. 14, 1794, carried to Buda, tried, and condemned to death; his sentence was commuted to imprisonment. He was kept in the dungeons of Buda, Brunn, Kufstein, and Munkacs, and released in 1801. He married the daughter of his former protector, Count Torok, and retired to a country residence in the neighborhood of Satoralja-Ujhely, which he named Szephalom (Fairhill), and where he spent the remainder of his life, continuing to labor for the literary progress of his country.

His works, which have twice been collected (Pesth, 1814, 1836), contain original epistles, epigrams, sketches of travel, a tragedy, etc, besides translations from Goethe, Lessing, La Rochefoucauld, Sterne, and others. He also edited the works of Zrinyi the poet, Baroczi, Dajka, and Kis, and a volume of " Hungarian Antiquities and Rarities " on grammatical subjects. In 1859 the centennial birthday of Ka-zinczy was celebrated throughout Hungary-.