WRITER

Emma Orczy

1865 - 1947

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Baroness Emma Magdalena Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci (; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published), was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring The Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save French aristocrats from "Madame Guillotine" during the French Revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" in popular culture. Opening in London's West End on 5 January 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel became a favourite of British audiences. Some of Orczy's paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emma Orczy is the 946th most popular writer (up from 2,595th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 287th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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Among writers, Emma Orczy ranks 946 out of 7,302. Before her are Daniel Keyes, Al-Mutanabbi, Zelda Fitzgerald, Jules Renard, Philostratus, and Johan Ludvig Runeberg. After her are Prudentius, Percy Fawcett, Virginia Satir, Lucius Accius, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, and Samuel Butler.

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Among people born in 1865, Emma Orczy ranks 31. Before her are Benjamin Guggenheim, Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Alfred Hugenberg, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, and Amélie of Orléans. After her are Charles G. Dawes, Gabriel Narutowicz, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Rashid Rida, and Mikao Usui. Among people deceased in 1947, Emma Orczy ranks 42. Before her are Georg von Trapp, Reginald Innes Pocock, Pierre Janet, Josephine Bakhita, Hans Fallada, and Pyotr Krasnov. After her are Irving Fisher, Bugsy Siegel, Herbert Backe, Luigi Russolo, Hjalmar Siilasvuo, and Albert Marquet.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Emma Orczy ranks 113 out of 1,077. Before her are György Cziffra (1921), Stephen IV of Hungary (1133), László Sólyom (1942), Ágnes Heller (1929), Taksony of Hungary (931), and Ján Kollár (1793). After her are Cornel Wilde (1912), Zoltán of Hungary (896), Margaret Mahler (1897), Pál Schmitt (1942), József Bozsik (1925), and Judit Polgár (1976).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Emma Orczy ranks 10. Before her are Ágota Kristóf (1935), Sándor Márai (1900), Arthur Koestler (1905), Ferenc Molnár (1878), Felix Salten (1869), and Ján Kollár (1793). After her are Max Nordau (1849), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), Ephraim Kishon (1924), Péter Nádas (1942), Béla Balázs (1884), and Rosika Schwimmer (1877).

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