Sándor Kisfaludy

Sándor Kisfaludy (27 September 1772 – 28 October 1844) was a Hungarian lyric poet, Himfy's Loves his chief work, was less distinguished as a dramatist.

His father was Mihály Kisfaludy (1743–1825), landowner and chief magistrate (főszolgabíró), and his mother was the noble lady Anna Sándorffy (1755–1788).

He served in Vienna as an officer in the imperial army, and then took part in the war against Napoleon, defending Milan.

In June 1796, during the siege of the Sforza Castle in Milan, he was taken prisoner of war and taken to France, where he was transported to Draguignan.

Upon returning home, he burst into Hungarian literature and public consciousness with his poems entitled Himfy's Loves, which he wrote under a pseudonym.