Karl Maria Kertbeny
Károly Mária Kertbeny (born Karl Maria Benkert; 28 February 1824 – 23 January 1882) was a Hungarian journalist, translator, memoirist and human rights campaigner. Kertbeny coined the words heterosexual and homosexual as the German nouns Heterosexual and Homosexual.
Károly Mária Kertbeny | |
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Karl Maria Kertbeny, ca. 1865 | |
| Born | Karl Maria Benkert 28 February 1824 Vienna, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 23 January 1882 (aged 57) |
| Known for | Campaigning for gay rights, coining the terms homosexual and heterosexual (as the German nouns Homosexual and Heterosexual) |
He translated works by Hungarian poets and writers Sándor Petőfi, János Arany and Mór Jókai into German. Among his acquaintances were Heinrich Heine, George Sand, Alfred de Musset, Hans Christian Andersen, and the Brothers Grimm.
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