WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferenc Molnár has received more than 297,942 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferenc Molnár is the 613th most popular writer (down from 587th in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 65th 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 613 out of 7,302Before him are John Irving, Elisabeth of Wied, Columella, Alexander Herzen, Stieg Larsson, and Madame Roland. After him are Anton Makarenko, Dietrich Eckart, Olga Tokarczuk, Bert Hellinger, Louisa May Alcott, and Émile Verhaeren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Ferenc Molnár ranks 14Before him are Werner von Blomberg, Gustav Stresemann, André Citroën, Pyotr Wrangel, Lucien Febvre, and Robert Walser. After him are Alfred Döblin, Paul Reynaud, Milan Nedić, Shigeru Yoshida, Gustav Radbruch, and Iwane Matsui. Among people deceased in 1952, Ferenc Molnár ranks 20Before him are Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Sven Hedin, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Walter Schellenberg, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, and Kiichiro Toyoda. After him are Paramahansa Yogananda, Hattie McDaniel, Robert Guérin, Jürgen Stroop, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, and Charles Maurras.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Ferenc Molnár ranks 68 out of 1,077Before him are László Moholy-Nagy (1895), Béla Guttmann (1899), László Sólyom (1942), Karl Mannheim (1893), Andrew I of Hungary (1010), and Elizabeth of Bosnia (1340). After him are Géza II of Hungary (1130), Béla II of Hungary (1108), Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893), Katalin Karikó (1955), Solomon, King of Hungary (1053), and Marie Henriette of Austria (1836).

Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Ferenc Molnár ranks 7Before him are Theodor Herzl (1860), Imre Kertész (1929), Sándor Márai (1900), Sándor Petőfi (1823), Ágota Kristóf (1935), and Arthur Koestler (1905). After him are Felix Salten (1869), Ján Kollár (1793), Ephraim Kishon (1924), Max Nordau (1849), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), and Magda Szabó (1917).