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Ferenc Molnár

1878 - 1952

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Ferenc Molnár (US: FERR-ents MOHL-nar, -⁠ənts -⁠, -⁠ MAWL-, Hungarian: [ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈmolnaːr]; born Ferenc Neumann; January 12, 1878 – April 1, 1952), often anglicized as Franz Molnar, was a Hungarian-born author, stage director, dramatist, and poet. He is widely regarded as Hungary's most celebrated and controversial playwright. His primary aim through his writing was to entertain by transforming his personal experiences into literary works of art. While he never connected to any one literary movement, he did use the precepts of naturalism, neo-romanticism, expressionism, and Freudian psychoanalytic theories, so long as they suited his desires. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferenc Molnár is the 683rd most popular writer (down from 612th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 68th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Hungarian Writer.

Ferenc Molnár is most famous for his play Liliom, which is about a man who falls in love with a young woman who is engaged to another man.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ferenc Molnár ranks 683 out of 7,302. Before him are Faxian, Jaroslav Seifert, Zecharia Sitchin, Olga Tokarczuk, Gerald Gardner, and Pietro Metastasio. After him are Joseph Murphy, Daphne du Maurier, Walter Raleigh, Frano Selak, Gregory of Narek, and Vittoria Colonna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Ferenc Molnár ranks 16. Before him are Pancho Villa, André Citroën, Alfred Döblin, Robert Walser, Lucien Febvre, and Pyotr Wrangel. After him are Paul Reynaud, Maurice René Fréchet, Ernest King, Milan Nedić, Gemma Galgani, and George Whipple. Among people deceased in 1952, Ferenc Molnár ranks 18. Before him are Sven Hedin, Elena of Montenegro, Walter Schellenberg, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Paramahansa Yogananda, and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando. After him are Kiichiro Toyoda, Jürgen Stroop, Charles Maurras, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, and George Santayana.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ferenc Molnár ranks 82 out of 1,077. Before him are Elizabeth of Bosnia (1340), Stephen II of Hungary (1101), Andrew I of Hungary (1010), László Moholy-Nagy (1895), Péter Erdő (1952), and Solomon, King of Hungary (1053). After him are Kinga of Poland (1224), István Sándorfi (1948), Stephen III of Hungary (1147), Nándor Hidegkuti (1922), Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians (940), and Irene of Hungary (1088).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Ferenc Molnár ranks 7. Before him are Theodor Herzl (1860), Imre Kertész (1929), Sándor Petőfi (1823), Ágota Kristóf (1935), Sándor Márai (1900), and Arthur Koestler (1905). After him are Felix Salten (1869), Ján Kollár (1793), Emma Orczy (1865), Max Nordau (1849), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), and Ephraim Kishon (1924).

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