Mihály Vörösmarty (archaically English: Michael Vorosmarthy[1] 1 December 1800 – 19 November 1855) was a Hungarian poet and dramatist who lived and worked in the Kingdom of Hungary.

He flung himself into public life and fell in love with Etelka Perczel, who was from a higher social class.

[2] When the Hungarian Academy was established on 17 November 1830 he was elected a member of the philological section, and ultimately succeeded Károly Kisfaludy as director with an annual pension of 500 florins.

[2] From 1830-43, he devoted himself mainly to drama, including Csongor és Tünde (Csongor and Tünde, 1830), a five-act play inspired by Albert Gergei's Prince Árgirus and by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream; and Vérnász (Blood Wedding, 1833), which won the Academy's 200-gulden prize.

[2] Csongor és Tünde was described by György Lukács in 1911 as the best Hungarian play of the nineteenth century.

[2] With the support of Lajos Kossuth and Imre Cseszneky, he was elected to represent Jankovác at the diet of 1848, and in 1849 was made one of the judges of the high court.

His penniless children were provided for by a national subscription collected by Ferenc Deák, who acted as their guardian.