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2 unusual facts about András Fáy


András Fáy

He was born at Kohány (today Kochanovce, suburb of Sečovce) in the county of Zemplén, and was educated for the law at the Protestant college of Sárospatak.

These fables, which, on account of their originality and simplicity, caused Fay to be regarded as the Hungarian Aesop, were translated into German by Petz (Raab, 1825), and partly into English by E. D. Butler, Hungarian Poems and Fables (London, 1877).


Fáy András Economic High School

Poet and author, András Fáy, founder of the first bank in Hungary, was born in Kohány, Zemplén County.


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