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Géza Gárdonyi

1863 - 1922

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Géza Gárdonyi, born Géza Ziegler (3 August 1863 – 30 October 1922) was a Hungarian writer and journalist. Although he wrote a range of works, he had his greatest success as a historical novelist, particularly with Eclipse of the Crescent Moon and Slave of the Huns. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Géza Gárdonyi is the 3,196th most popular writer (down from 2,603rd in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 289th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Hungarian Writer.

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Among writers, Géza Gárdonyi ranks 3,196 out of 7,302. Before him are Hamnet Shakespeare, Amos Tutuola, Gunnar Ekelöf, Phylarchus, Kosta Khetagurov, and Yakov Perelman. After him are Vincent Voiture, Henry Darger, René Huyghe, Janosch, Macropedius, and Jan Luyken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Géza Gárdonyi ranks 88. Before him are Scipione Riva-Rocci, Princess Isabella of Bavaria, Augusto B. Leguía, Ioannis Frangoudis, Francis Younghusband, and William Robert Ogilvie-Grant. After him are Charles Pathé, Charles Martin Hall, Edith Durham, Lyubomir Miletich, Władysław Horodecki, and Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon. Among people deceased in 1922, Géza Gárdonyi ranks 80. Before him are Heinrich Rubens, Kabayama Sukenori, Viktor Kingissepp, Henri Brocard, Bahaeddin Şakir, and Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha. After him are William J. Seymour, Lord Leopold Mountbatten, Alexander Antonov, Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Petros Protopapadakis, and Pavle Jurišić Šturm.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Géza Gárdonyi ranks 362 out of 1,077. Before him are László Polgár (1946), Vilmos Aba-Novák (1894), Béla Király (1912), Péter Szondi (1929), Angéla Németh (1946), and István Kertész (1929). After him are Bertalan Farkas (1949), Lajos Werkner (1883), Ottó Bláthy (1860), Jenő Fock (1916), Mickey Hargitay (1926), and István Bárány (1907).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Géza Gárdonyi ranks 39. Before him are Miklós Radnóti (1909), Antal Szerb (1901), Simon of Kéza (1250), László Polgár (1946), Béla Király (1912), and Péter Szondi (1929). After him are Mihály Babits (1883), Tibor Déry (1894), Gyula Krúdy (1878), Ferenc Kölcsey (1790), Milán Füst (1888), and István Örkény (1912).

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