WRITER

Béla Király

1912 - 2009

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Dr. Béla Király (14 April 1912 – 4 July 2009) was a Hungarian army officer before, during, and after World War II. After the war, he was sentenced to death under the Soviet-allied regime, but was later released. After his release, he commanded the National Guard in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Béla Király has received more than 78,622 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Béla Király is the 2,660th most popular writer (down from 2,572nd in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 264th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Hungarian Writer.

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  • 19

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  • 6.12

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  • 1.63

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Notable Works

Southeast European maritime commerce and naval policies from the mid-eighteenth century to 1914
Commerce, Merchant marine, Naval History
1988
Geopolitics in the Danube region
Geopolitics, Foreign relations
1998
The Hungarian revolution of 1956 in retrospect
Histoire, Revolution (Hungary : 1956) fast (OCoLC)fst01354528, Aufstand (1956)
1978
Ferenc Deák
Politics and government
1975
Essays on war and society in East Central Europe, 1740-1920
History, Congresses, Armed Forces
1987
Lawful Revolution in Hungary, 1989-1994
Politics and government
1995

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Béla Király ranks 2,660 out of 7,302. Before him are Stanko Vraz, Polemon I of Pontus, William Goldman, Jim Corbett, Hans Hellmut Kirst, and Valentin Rasputin. After him are Gustav Schwab, Michael Cunningham, Petrus Comestor, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus, and Amalie Skram.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Béla Király ranks 149. Before him are Roy Sullivan, Hamengkubuwono IX, Henry Armstrong, Ichiji Otani, Melita Norwood, and John Cheever. After him are Günter Wand, Jacques Bergier, Lev Kopelev, Naoto Tajima, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, and Pierre Grimal. Among people deceased in 2009, Béla Király ranks 124. Before him are Friaça, Pierre Harmel, Tayeb Salih, Ken Annakin, Alda Merini, and Zbigniew Religa. After him are Eric Woolfson, Rosanna Schiaffino, Hong Song-nam, Johannes Mario Simmel, Robert Holdstock, and Walter Cronkite.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Béla Király ranks 299 out of 1,077. Before him are Károly Grósz (1930), Moritz Kaposi (1837), Máté Zalka (1896), Béla Kiss (1877), Lippo Hertzka (1904), and Péter Erdő (1952). After him are Mihály Vörösmarty (1800), Sándor Puhl (1955), George Tabori (1914), László Polgár (1946), Catherine of Hungary, Queen of Serbia (1256), and Sigismund Rákóczi (1544).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Béla Király ranks 31. Before him are Rosika Schwimmer (1877), Anton Bernolák (1762), Frigyes Karinthy (1887), Janus Pannonius (1434), Emma Orczy (1865), and Géza Gárdonyi (1863). After him are Mihály Vörösmarty (1800), George Tabori (1914), László Polgár (1946), Antal Szerb (1901), Miklós Radnóti (1909), and Péter Szondi (1929).

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