Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos
Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos (c. 1510 in Tinód – 30 January 1556 in
Biography
Little is known about Tinódi's childhood. He attended various schools and studied
Tinódi started a family, and visited parliament and scenes of battles, and wrote poems about these. He then began to put his poems to music and performed them to the accompaniment of a lute, which led to his nickname, "Lantos" - the lute-player. His songs became recognized as an important chronicalization of the events of the day by Tamás Nádasdy in 1545, who recommended to Parliament that this become a public post for Tinódi. From 1546 to 1551 there was a general period of peace, but in 1552 a new Ottoman military campaign began, and this was again chronicled by Tinódi.
In 1553, he was formally recognized by the king as a chronicler who processed the historical events of his age in a poem form, and was conferred the patent of nobility. The collected edition of his works was published in 1554. He traveled to Transylvania for a while and returned in 1555, but died shortly thereafter.
Works
- Chronica, Kolozsvar, 1554
References
- Szakály Ferenc: Lantos és krónikás. Tinódi (História 1981/2)
- Révai nagy lexikona
External links
- Vass József: Tinódi Sebestyén (Vass József: Tinódi Sebestyén (Vasárnapi Újság, 1859. January 2.)
- short article Fidelio on a portal
- All his poems in Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár
- Szentmárton Szabó Géza: Tinódi chronology
- His statue in the town of Dombóvár