"János Batsányi (9 May 1763 in Tapolca – 12 May 1845 in Linz) was a Hungarian poet.
In 1785, he published his first work, a patriotic poem, ...
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"The Valour of the Magyars". In the same year he obtained a job as clerk in the treasury of the Hungarian city of Kassa (Košice), and there, in conjunction with other two Hungarian patriots, edited the Magyar Museum, which was suppressed by the government in 1792.
In the following year he was deprived of his clerkship and in 1794, having taken part in the conspiracy of Ignác Martinovics, he was thrown into the state prison of the Kufstein Fortress, where he remained for two years." - (en.wikipedia.org 11.08.2021)
