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, 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. He never connected to any one literary movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferenc Molnár has received more than 274,023 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Liliom
Hungarian drama
Comedy / Characters: 17 male, 5 female, (extras) Scenery: Interior and 4 exteriors Liliom is a shiftless young bully in Budapest. He works intermittently as a barker for a merry go round and many servant girls fall victim to his charms. Among these girls is Julie, whom he eventually marries. Learning that he is about to become a father Liliom participates in a robbery to enhance his fortunes. But he is caught and stabs himself rather than submit to arrest. He is tried in the Magistrate's cou
19215 / 5
Companion in exile
1950
The play's the thing
1927
The wolf
Hungarian drama
1973
The guardsman
Actors
1924
The Plays of Ferenc Molnar
Hungarian drama
1929

Page views of Ferenc Molnárs by language

Over the past year Ferenc Molnár has had the most page views in the with 60,564 views, followed by English (33,398), and Polish (27,273). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Latin (77.48%), Esperanto (59.65%), and Persian (44.99%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ferenc Molnár ranks 613 out of 7,302. Before 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 14. Before 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 20. Before 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 1,077. Before 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).

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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 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).

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